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I lived in Japan for seven and a half years, and one thing I appreciated about the Japanese system was that they had on their train platforms about a two-foot wide strip of raised dots ran the length of the platform that would alert anyone and everyone as to the immenent presence of the train tracks, so everyone knew when stepping on the dots that they were close to the tracks.
Everyone knew that if you went beyond the strips and got hit by the train, it was your own fault. And that was not too uncommon, as many school-age kids would commit suicide by throwing themselves in front of the on-coming train because their grades weren't good enough to make it to a higher school....
It makes me wonder if the young lady in the OP didn't want to end her life....
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