· January, 2009

Stories about Labor from January, 2009

Japan: “What are you up to now?” has become a taboo question

  9 January 2009

The world recession has hit Japan just as it has hit other parts of the world, and many are worried about their future. In an entry that attracted a great deal of sympathy from readers, blogger koheko reflects on the impact of the slowdown on human relationships with friends and colleagues, to the point where the simple question, "What are you up to?" has become taboo.