Khmer Circle:
If this had taken place in The Kingdom of Wonder - Srok Rumdoul - instead i.e. the girl insisting on commuting to school by train as her only means of continuing her education, she would either have to wait on the platform until Kingdom Come or faced being charged with incitement, bringing society into disrepute or even high treason. In fact, some Cambodian youth activists not much older than this Japanese girl have sacrificed their education and personal future prospects in order to engage in environmental campaign activities that are of incalculable significance and pertinence to millions of lives but are instead being rewarded for their sacrifices with long term imprisonment.
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This heartwarming story occurred in Hokkaido, Japan, involving the Kami-Shirataki Station on the JR Hokkaido line.
In 2013, the railway company Japan Railways (JR) planned to shut down this rural station due to very low passenger traffic.
However, they discovered that one high school girl, Kana Harada, relied on the train daily to get to and from school.
Rather
than disrupt her education, JR Hokkaido postponed the station’s
closure, synchronizing it with her high school graduation.
The
train was scheduled to stop only twice a day — once in the morning to
pick her up and once in the afternoon to drop her off.
The station officially closed in March 2016, immediately after her graduation.
This
story gained international attention in 2016 and was widely praised as a
symbol of social responsibility and compassion in public service,
highlighting how Japanese values prioritize education and community
well-being, even when it’s not economically beneficial.
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