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Heavy rain is forecast across the Kanto region through September 7, and JR East has announced it will cut train frequency by 20-30% on major lines including the Yamanote Line, Chuo Line Rapid, Sobu Line Rapid, and Chuo-Sobu Local Line. In Tokyo’s Kita Ward, Level 4 evacuation instructions were issued to roughly 5,200 residents in the landslide hazard zones of Oji and Akabane, and Tokyo Metro also warned of possible delays and service suspensions. Some municipalities in Kanagawa, Saitama, and Tochigi decided to close elementary and junior high schools for the day. The thread saw frustration—”with trains cut back, it’s bound to be packed, so how are we supposed to get to work?”—clash with hardline arguments like “if you’re a working adult, just power through and go to work,” along with a stream of complaints about workplaces that don’t allow remote work or paid leave.
What people said
・Yamanote Line
・Chuo Line Rapid
・Sobu Line Rapid
・Chuo-Sobu Local Line
・Tokaido Line, and other major JR East lines
If you're a working adult you should show the spirit to catch the first train of the day
Yeah right
It's gonna rain all night long
According to Kita Ward, the Level 4 evacuation instructions apply to 2,982 households—about 5,200 people—in the landslide hazard zones around Oji and Akabane. Residents are urged to evacuate early, before the rain intensifies.
Oh wait, if they're cutting trains it'll be packed like sardines anyway
Isn't that still basically the standard today if you're a working adult?
The only difference is they no longer force you to pay out of pocket to stay near the office the night before
My old man's generation apparently used to go stay near the office the night before
this looks like it'll drag on—pretty scary
Someone in Chiba got careless and their car got flooded and totaled
You can't even get it replaced right away, so the costs just pile up
Guess we've reached the point where you really should get car insurance, even a basic economy plan
https://kizuna.5ch.io/test/read.cgi/morningcoffee/1788659430/
Due to the heavy rain forecast, the Yamanote Line will run with reduced train frequency tomorrow (the 7th). It will take longer than usual to reach your destination. Since congestion is expected inside stations, please refrain from coming to the station unless necessary.
What do you mean 'refrain'?
I've got a job to do here
Guess everyday preparedness really does matter
If I can move, I'll head to my nearest station and catch an earlier train!
This much should be a given if you're a working adult
Glad I'm not out in the working world~
In Tokyo, Chiyoda, Taito, Shinagawa, Ota, Katsushika, and Nerima wards, among others, have announced closures. Kawasaki and Yokosuka (excluding the city's night-school high school) in Kanagawa Prefecture, Ebina City, Saitama City in Saitama Prefecture, and Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture have also made announcements.
Last year it barely rained at all
Because Japanese people show up for work no matter what
Might be a bit better without students around
Get to work through sheer willpower
Just leave an hour early and line up at the station
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Packed trains, platforms and gates overflowing with people
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Someone falls ill, trains get delayed even more
They should just toss anyone who falls ill out onto the platform and get the trains running again right away
Just leave the rest to the station staff to handle
Bags getting caught in doors and people falling ill—guaranteed
Way too rough…
Hasn't flooded since they built the underground palace (the massive underground flood-control reservoir)
Background and Key Points of This Topic
JR East’s practice of preemptively cutting train service (a “planned reduction in service”) to match heavy rain forecasts is an approach that has spread in recent years, born from lessons learned when 2019’s Typhoon No. 15 caused chaos as commuters swarmed stations. This latest cut is an extension of that same policy. Kita Ward’s “Warning Level 4 Evacuation Instructions” is a category that was consolidated after a 2021 revision of the Basic Act on Disaster Management abolished the old “evacuation advisory” designation; legally, it amounts to a strong call to “evacuate promptly.” Opinions in the thread were split over whether to push through and go to work or stay home, reflecting a structural problem: many workplaces still don’t genuinely allow remote work or paid leave even during disasters. It should also be noted that, as of the time of posting, no actual flooding or water damage had occurred—the evacuation instructions and service-suspension information are “advance warnings based on forecasts,” not confirmed reports of damage.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “This rain looks worse than expected…☔“
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