Tokyo-Bound Train Leaves 20 Seconds Early. Company Apologizes for ‘Severe Inconvenience’.

In this picture taken on Oct. 12, 2017, a man waits for the train at a subway station in Tokyo. The news that a young reporter at Japan's public broadcaster had worked herself to death came as little surprise to those inside the country's media, where a culture of "fighting spirit" has led to excessively long hours. BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/Getty Images

A Japanese commuter train company has issued a public apology after a train departed a station 20 seconds ahead of schedule.

The Tokyo-bound train arrived on time at the Minami Nagareyama station in Nagareyama on Nov. 14.