Japan Then and Now

Workers head out after a long day at the office in Tokyo's Ginza and Shimbashi districts in 2009
ANDREAS SEIBERT FOR TIME

NOW: Clocking Out
Workers head out after a long day at the office in Tokyo's Ginza and Shimbashi districts in 2009. In April, business sentiment among Japanese manufacturers reached its lowest point since 1974.

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