I'm not sure if this is true or not after looking around at news stories for a while. There was, for example, some uncertainty about whether or not a train line

I'm not sure if this is true or not after looking around at news stories for a while. There was, for example, some uncertainty about whether or not a train line could sue the family of a man with dementia who was hit by a train [1]. However, even if train companies do sue families if their relatives get hit by trains, it doesn't change the fact that there are a LOT of suicides by train in Tokyo. For example, on one day in 2012 there were 3 separate suicides from jumping in front of trains [2]. I think the lack of delays in Japan from these types of accidents may have to do with very frequent train schedules and lots of redundancy in both alternate routes and alternate tracks. [1] https://japantoday.com/category/national/family-of-91-year-old-dementia-sufferer-struck-by-train-ordered-to-pay-jr-compensation https://japantoday.com/category/national/family-of-91-year-o... [2] https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-jumps-to-death-at-shinjuku-station-in-tokyo https://japantoday.com/category/national/man-jumps-to-death-...