Earphones on, eyes closed: Why a Six-Year-Old Rides the Tokyo Train Alone | Japanese Bedtime Story
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Imagine an April morning on a Tokyo train. A girl of about six, in a navy school cap with a yellow cover on her backpack, rides to school on her own. Why do some young children in Tokyo take the train alone? School admission rules, child fares and passes, platform doors and a quiet network of watching adults explain the routine, and its limits. The morning, the girl and everyone in it are imagined; the facts come from school…
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