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Teleworking in Japan shrinks after COVID, hybrid working on rise
The ratio of teleworkers in Japan continued to fall as the COVID-19 pandemic wanes while more turn to "hybrid work" combining remote work and in-office work, a fiscal 2023 government survey shows.
Teleworking became popular during the pandemic under the government's drive to reduce the flow of people to slow the spread of infections, but the ministry noted a slight shift in the trend. Photo taken March 30, 2023, shows Sumitomo Life Insurance Co.'s headquarters in Tokyo with few seats and no assigned desks as it adapts to telework. After the government downgraded the legal status of COVID-19 in May last year, roughly aligning it with seasonal influenza, the change in teleworking patterns became notable.
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