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Japan train driver sues over 49 cents in docked wages Published 14 hours ago Share IMAGE SOURCE, GETTY IMAGES Image caption, Japan's railways are famously punctual A Japanese train driver is suing his employer after he was docked 56 yen ($0.49; £0.36) in wages for causing a brief delay to the country's famously punctual rail system. Train company JR West fined the man after a work mix-up in June 2020 caused a one-minute delay to operations. It argued that no labour had been performed during the stoppage. The employee is seeking 2.2 million yen ($19,407; £14,347) in damages for mental anguish caused by the ordeal. According to the Japanese news site, Soranews24, the unnamed man was scheduled to pilot an empty train to Okayama station in the south of the country, but arrived at the wrong platform while waiting to take over from the previous driver. By the time he realised his mistake and had rushed to the correct platform, the transfer between the two drivers had been delayed by ...