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Maximum Pace
- Apr 9, 2007
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Expats tiptoeing back to work....
according to a recent WSJ article, the flight of "gaijins," or better "flyjins" to safe havens - in part due to the more alarmist tones taken by the foreign media in the coverage of the disaster has polarized some offices in Tokyo. These "flyjins" are now allegedly facing the challenge of how to cope with ostracism (村八分) and anger from their colleagues who worked through the crisis and feel they were abandoned...
according to a recent WSJ article, the flight of "gaijins," or better "flyjins" to safe havens - in part due to the more alarmist tones taken by the foreign media in the coverage of the disaster has polarized some offices in Tokyo. These "flyjins" are now allegedly facing the challenge of how to cope with ostracism (村八分) and anger from their colleagues who worked through the crisis and feel they were abandoned...