
Society
Yokohama Street Sellers and Japan's One-Way Work Clock
A post described young foreign women outside Yokohama Station showing a handwritten sign asking people to buy sweets because they are struggling. Separately, a foreigner asked why Japanese firms enforce arrival times to the minute while leaving departure times to overtime. The first thread ran on wariness and irritation at goodwill being exploited; the second turned into Japanese workers agreeing about their own offices.