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Omotenashi: The Business Norm Underlying Low Economic Productivity in Japan
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Xiaochen Su
September 11, 2018
One idiosyncrasy unique to corporate Japan prevents the reduction of unessential workers to improve productivity.
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Japan Open Doors for More Foreign Workers
Abe has proposed concrete measures to deepen the labor pool of low-skilled foreign workers in a drastic shift in policy.
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