Low-tech Japan challenged in working from home amid pandemic
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"Nicholas Benes, a corporate governance expert who has been offering a free webinar on teleworking for Japanese, said interest was surprisingly low. A lack of up-to-date IT systems means Japan lags in nurturing flexible work practices, office rules, management methods and even attitudes toward remote work. It's one factor contributing to relatively low labor productivity.
"Telework requires that managers trust and delegate much more decision-making to employees because it takes too much time in email or Skype to check with the boss," said Benes, who heads the Board Director Training Institute of Japan, a non-profit that offers management and governance training. Japanese companies still rely on nuances of face-to-face interaction, or being able to "smell the air," or "read the air," Benes said, using common vernacular expressions. " Also in the NY Times.
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20200426/p2g/00m/0na/040000c
