"Right to disconnect" presents challenges in work-driven Japan english.kyodonews.net

As others grapple with ways of implementing work-style reforms, these firms are giving employees the "right to disconnect," which is catching on as law in a number of European countries.
He shared email addresses of his clients with colleagues a week prior to his trip, entrusted incoming and outgoing company emails to them, and left his company smartphone in Japan.
"We recognize the right to disconnect as an option (for employees), but the number of users is still low," admitted a company official.
"It is difficult to clearly define the right to disconnect in Japan," says Machiko Kamio, a Nihon University professor who specializes in labor laws.
In Europe, the need for the right to disconnect has been a point of discussion for some time.