It's not the first business in Japan to offer a flexible approach to work. Microsoft and others have experimented with four-day workweeks. One t-shirt company lets workers set their own hours - a model that's brought it much success.

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There have been several high-profile cases in Japan recently where courts have overturned asylum denials. E.g., a court in Osaka approved a gay North African man's request after immigration denied it.

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Here’s our past write-up on Iyer and his steadfast refusal to engage with the culture he had lived in at that point for 25 years.

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