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For a long time, the Japanese railway system has been admired across the world.

Its use of the latest technology and its excellent timekeeping has attracted trainspotters at home and abroad.

The five million train lovers in Japan are generally polite and gentle people.

But there's a newer group of train photographers, or 'toritetsu', which has changed all that.

Competition to get the perfect photo of an approaching train sometimes results in noisy or violent behaviour.

One trainspotter, Tsutomu Okawa, feels very upset by their activities.

Most fans get pleasure from riding on trains or focusing on the station bento box lunches.

They enjoy looking at timetables or recording the sounds of the trains.

Masao Oda, now in his seventies, has been spotting trains since his childhood.

He blames the rise in bad behaviour on digital cameras.

To prevent fans from getting dangerously close to the trains, some rail firms have increased security.

However, the major East Japan Railway company is trying a unique approach.

It's uploading the photos of the toritetsu onto social media channels.

The goal is to build a sense of community among the train lovers to improve behaviour.

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