Lenovo Japan tells workers to stay home during Tokyo Olympics

Tech company creates game plan to avoid potential subway paralysis

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A new national stadium is being built in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward. Japan's capital expects congestion in its transit system during the 2020 Olympics.

HISASHI IWATO, Nikkei staff writer

TOKYO -- No employees of Lenovo Japan will commute to their office during the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo under a plan unveiled Tuesday that was devised in response to the anticipated spike in train ridership and road traffic in the capital.

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