Local bodies in Japan to promote ‘workation’ so staff can take longer holidays The Mainichi
TOKYO — A national council of local governments to promote “workation,” where employees can do their jobs while on vacation, is set to be established as early as the end of the year on the initiative of the Wakayama and Nagano prefectural governments. Currently, local governments are independently inviting companies to participate in the program, but they aim to enhance the power to spread the new working style by establishing the national organization. Workation follows on from “telework,” in which staff can do their jobs away from the office using their personal computers, smartphones an…