A Japanese train company has apologized for leaving 20 seconds earlier at the scheduled time.
Tsukuba Express managers say that the train "sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience of the train about 20 seconds before leaving".
In a statement, the company said the train had to leave Japan at 9:44:40 am, but instead departed 9:44:20.
Many people commenting on the company's announcement have been very surprised.
The announcement states that no passengers had complained about the departure of the train from the Minami Nagareyama Railway Station.
It is a rare occurrence that a train departing on the fastest position of a train station in Japan, on time for the timely arrival or at the destination of the destination, is a rare occurrence.
Nearly 150 million passengers a year travel from Tokyo to the city of Kobe (city of the world's busiest railway), via Tokaido.
