A recent survey finds that 67% of workers have not changed the number of days they work from home since Japan downgraded COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal flu.

Hybrid work takes root in post-COVID Japan

Nearly 40% of employees still perform part of their jobs at home

MASASHI IJICHI and MARINA NAKAGAWA, Nikkei staff writers, and KENTARO TAKEDA, Nikkei data journalist

August 6, 2023 19:20 JST

TOKYO -- Nearly two in five office workers in Japan continue to work remotely at least once a week, even after the country in May downgraded COVID-19 to the same category as seasonal influenza.