Whether you’re visiting Japan on business, working remotely, or just need a quick phone charge, this is definitely something you’ll want to take advantage of.
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500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
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Your company is paying for you to take a pleasure trip! Awesome! You’ll be spending all weekend with your boss and coworkers! Not so awesome.
When you’re leaving the office before your coworkers, you don’t tell them “Sayonara,” you tell them “I’m being rude.”
In work-till-you-drop Japan, company is coming to the aid of distraught employees who say “I want to die.”
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