When have they ran on time sorry ?

The last time I caught a train in Germany I remember having to wait on a freezing platform for ~ 3 hours until they gave up on the train and got us a coach and drove us to Hamburg...that was ~ 9 years ago.

I don't remember having the same issue in Netherlands though.

On the other hand I've been in Japan for a long time, I honestly don't remember a single train being late in all that time.

It's compared to before the train reform. 9 years is only 2016.