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Bandai Namco reportedly cuts Japanese workforce, but denies pressuring voluntary leave


Bandai Namco is reportedly cutting its Japanese workforce and cancelling a number of projects due to lacklustre demand.

Bandai Namco is reportedly cutting its Japanese workforce and cancelling a number of projects due to lacklustre demand. Instead, since April around 200 of the roughly 1300 staff at Bandai Namco Studios in Japan have been sent to rooms with nothing to do, putting pressure on them to leave voluntarily. Zero - Ignite The Spark Trailer Watch on YouTube These rooms are known as oidashi beya and are utilised due to strict labour laws in Japan.

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