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CAN WORK ANYWHERE Urban exodus in cards as people find freedom in teleworking July 8, 2020 With teleworking transforming lives in Japan, many people are now starting to consider the unthinkable: Quitting life in the big cities and moving to the countryside, where homes are bigger, and still make a decent living.
CORPORATE CULTURE SHAKE-UP Fujitsu adopts telework for all staff, cuts 50% of office space July 7, 2020 Fujitsu Ltd. will slash its office space by 50 percent in the next three years and make teleworking the standard for domestic staff to adapt to the “new normal” that requires coexisting with the novel coronavirus.

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