By KUNIAKI NISHIO/ Staff Writer
September 2, 2021 at 14:45 JST
More companies are moving to ban employees from smoking during working hours. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan's biggest brokerage firm, announced it will prohibit employees from smoking during work hours from October even if they are teleworking at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
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