Don't Expect Wild Parties in Japan as 'Premium Friday' Kicks Off
- Some businesses across country will let staff leave at 3 p.m.
- But only about 3% of companies adopting plan, one survey says
Japan's First-Ever 'Premium Friday' Begins Today
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Tokyo workers can take free limo rides and sip champagne this afternoon, courtesy of downtown developers. SoftBank Group Corp. is giving staff extra money to hit the town. And a railway operator is running a booze train, where passengers can enjoy four hours of solid drinking.
This is how some of Japan Inc. is responding to a government campaign to get the country’s chronically overworked populace to leave the office by 3 p.m. on the last Friday of every month and go spend some cash. They call it Premium Friday.