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"John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1115816221.739339.138690@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> I really had a hard time with this women-only car thing when I was in
> Japan recently, because it seemed I always lined up at the wrong door.
> I thought I was just lucky to be standing in a line with a bunch of
> women. One question I have is, can a male child go with his mother? Do
> the rules even consider this?
>
> John W.
>

From the same source http://www.japaninc.com/newsletters/index.html?list=jin

<excerpt>

Which was not lost on other railways in the Kanto region. On May 9
seven railways and two subways in the Tokyo metropolitan region
introduced cars exclusively for women (exceptions are made for
physically challenged men and their helpers, and boys of
grade-school age and younger).

</excerpt>


Sryn