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Related: About this forumDogs in the Office Are WeWorks Secret Weapon in Japan
By Yuji Nakamura and Yuki Furukawa
January 8, 2018, 2:00 PM CST
Photographer: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images
In Japan, where pets outnumber children, WeWork Cos. is adapting to the lay of the land.
The office-sharing companys push into the country includes opening a dog-friendly office by June with plans to later offer on-site childcare at other locations. The four properties the company has announced in central Tokyo, which will start opening from February, will also have special rooms for mothers.
Not only dogs, and not that theres a parallel, but people in the future will need to bring their kids to the office, WeWorks Japan head, Chris Hill, said in an interview. Part of our global vision is to create workspaces that are conducive to having more mothers and women enter the workforce.
While pets are already a feature at the startups locations from London to New York, theyre unheard of in Japan, where offices tend to be cramped, quiet, and overrun with paper documents.
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Dogs in the Office Are WeWorks Secret Weapon in Japan (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Jan 2018
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Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)1. Japan loves the super baby face dogs, they are so cute. nt
Nitram
(22,892 posts)3. My Japanese wife's favorite dog is the Shiba Inu, which looks more fox-like.
[url=https://flic.kr/p/DF5iEZ][img][/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/DF5iEZ]shiba-inu[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/martindj1/]Martin Johnson[/url], on Flickr
Irish_Dem
(47,453 posts)4. The super baby face dog is a more recent trend. I love the Shiba...
in the picture you can see how alert and intelligent they are...
shenmue
(38,506 posts)2. Squee