Commuted sentence: Covid-19 spares the Japanese salaryman from ritual exhaustion www.theguardian.com

A survey last year found that 19% had given staff the option of teleworking, but just 8.5% had taken it up.
Daiwa Securities, with about 10,000 employees, introduced home-based teleworking for staff with small children.
In an age of electronic contracts, many Japanese companies still require employees to print out documents that are then stamped with official hanko seals, often by several people.
“I’m mentoring junior colleagues and it’s sometimes frustrating not to be able to see what they’re doing and offer advice in person.
The past few weeks have proved that teleworking has too many advantages to be ditched.”*Okada and Kitano’s names have been changed at their request.