Tokyo commuters bound for Olympic crowd crush as Japan Inc rules out work from home


  • World
  • Tuesday, 18 Feb 2020

FILE PHOTO: Passengers wait for a train on a platform at a station in Kawasaki, Japan, June 14, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo

TOKYO (Reuters) - When Emi Tanimura failed to find a daycare slot for her new-born daughter, she had to take a radical step for Japan to avoid a long time away from her job at communications firm Sunny Side Up. She started working from home.

Now a mother of two, she still works flexible hours, including time at home, as director of the Sunny Side Up president's office - with her boss's blessing - taking care of both her family responsibilities and career.

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