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Layoffs Taboo, Japan Workers Are Sent to the Boredom Room
Layoffs Taboo, Japan Workers Are Sent to the Boredom Room
The standoff between workers and management at the Sendai factory underscores an intensifying battle over hiring and firing practices in Japan, where lifetime employment has long been the norm and where large-scale layoffs remain a social taboo, at least at Japan's largest corporations. Sony wants to change that, and so does Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
nytimes.com



