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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/japanlife

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Knowing Japan, it’ll formally be 4 10-hour days rather than 4 8-hour days. Though in a culture where it is considered unacceptable to leave before your boss does, whether that’ll translate into people spending an extra 2 hours in the office is uncertain.

[–] dborba 3 points 2 months ago

Yeah - it wouldn't be surprising if in a lot of settings for the 4 days to have crazy hours from what is published about the work culture.

[–] tee9000 3 points 2 months ago

Japan works less than the usa.