Virus resurgence forces Japan to skip parties and push telework

NTT warns against business dinners while Toshiba plans temperature scans

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Japanese businesses are discouraging the traditional year-end parties, as the events risk spreading the coronavirus within a company and beyond. (Photo by Koji Uema)

AKINOBU IWASAWA, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- As a third wave of coronavirus cases washes over Japan, companies are bolstering measures intended to keep employees safe.

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