The Japanese government's clever campaign (Jonathan Head, BBC) to encourage all bureaucrats to dress casually this summer to save on air conditioning costs has started rather slowly.
Today saw a general reluctance to dress down in the corridors of Kasumigaseki.
I'm not one to take cheap, unnecessary digs at the much-maligned Japanese working man, but I'll never really get the "wait and then do what everyone else does" approach to life.
Granted, that may be because I usually wait and then do the opposite. Even more ridiculous.
(via Nippon Goro Goro)
Posted by Setsunai at June 1, 2005 4:24 PM | TrackBackI want to post my opinion on this, but I'm waiting to see what everyone else says.
The English media is calling it, "Cool Biz." Is this literally "Kuru Bizu" in Japanese? (I can't seem to find any Japanese media stories.)
Posted by: Ted T at June 2, 2005 8:15 AM | Permalink to CommentHere's a Nikkei Shimbun article on it Ted:
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/seiji/20050601AT1E0100301062005.html
And you also get the added bonus of a picture of Mr. Koizumi looking, er, cool.
Posted by: Setsunai at June 2, 2005 10:59 AM | Permalink to Comment