'Workations' offer overworked Japanese a way out of the office

Companies dangle resort stays and telework options to meet vacation mandate

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Nulab employee Sayaka Adachi took a working vacation in Okinawa last year through her employer's "resort work" program.

TAKAYUKI INOUE and GO SAKURAI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Sayaka Adachi, a human resources staffer at Japanese tech company Nulab, is eagerly awaiting a trip this fall to a small, picturesque town in northern Japan.

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