While drinking with a businessman, the topic of labor issues in Japan came up. He is involved with Taiwanese companies, and a Taiwanese person commented to him in amazement, “Japanese people these days really don’t work. I never thought they would work this little,” to which he was at a loss for words. As is well known, the phrase “work style reform” has become popular in Japan, and various measures have been implemented. It seems time to examine whether these are truly “work style reforms” or whether they have fallen into “non-work reforms.” Businessmen around the world work like crazy. (Kei)

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