alt Hacker NewsI don’t think you’re aware of how bad the national railway has been managed in japan, they even went broke in the 80s with trillions in debt and had to split up sell off all their infrastructure and vehicles. That’s the reason why there’s often many non-interconnected competing stations at the same site today.
Compared to the state owned Deutsch bahn or pre competition trenitalia Japanese railways are quiet good.
(There is plenty of examples for good or bad private or state owned railways. It's just not black and white)