COVID-hit Japanese companies send staff to others in need

Airlines and hotels find temporary home for excess workers

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Some industries such as retailing that are chronically understaffed in Japan are looking to borrow workers from others hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Yo Inoue)

Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Japanese companies that are short of workers are taking on employees from businesses such as airlines and hotels that find themselves overstaffed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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