More and more small- and medium-size companies are allowing full-time employees to work shorter hours so they can spend more time with their families.
The move is likely to help housewives, regarded as an untapped labor supply, to play a part in resolving Japan's labor shortage amid its falling birthrate and aging population.
At an office of Kyujin Kikaku, a Nagoya-based recruitment ad company, three women are sitting around a table typing at computers.
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