FEATURE: Japan's working culture may be changing to serve for workers

FEATURE: Japan's working culture may be changing to serve for workers

Photo taken Dec. 22, 2016, shows the Mitsukoshi department store in Tokyo's Ginza shopping district. The department store started taking an additional day off following New Year's Day from 2016 for the first time in more than a decade. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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