A rigid work culture and a technological blind spot leave Japan unprepared for the challenge of remote working.
Despite the neon lights and bullet trains, Japan’s broader corporate culture also seems stuck in the past, with widespread discrimination against women and power mostly in the hands of conservative, elderly men.
That culture might explain why one salaryman has to wear shirt, tie and office lanyard while working at his kitchen table, according to media reports, or why one woman had to defy the government’s request to stay home last weekend because she needed a new suit — to wear while working at home.
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