японцы стараются, но нельзя же быть таким простым как три рубля и говорить о 32 секундах как о правде.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/news/2015-08-15/from-tokyo-to-austin/

A discussion with Japanese diplomats will inevitably turn to the shinkansen, the island nation's legendary bullet train system. A shinkansen is officially classified as late if it is one minute behind schedule. The average delay is 36 seconds.

японцы к задержкам свыше 30 минут тоже привычны

http://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_info/e/shinkansen.aspx

From 4 am until 2 am the following day, this page will report train information regarding anticipated and actual delays in excess of 30 minutes of trains operated by JR-EAST.