TOKYO, Japan -- A growing number of smaller companies are adopting a four-day workweek. Now the results of a recent trial at Microsoft suggest it could work even for the biggest businesses. The ...
TOKYO - Amid ongoing labor reforms in a notoriously overworked Japanese market, Microsoft performed an experiment to see how reducing the work week to four days would affect productivity. They found ...
Microsoft Japan held a trial last August to see what the effects of a shorter workweek would be. This trial, called the "Work Life Choice Challenge Summer 2019," gave employees every Friday off over ...
It’s good news for Microsoft, but awkward given other recent news about the US Congress’ interest in Japan’s market. Japan has approved Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King. Japan’s ...
TOKYO--Talking to the press today, Yoshihiro Maruyama, the general manager of Microsoft Japan's Xbox division, disclosed that the Xbox 360 will be released in Japan in December. It marks the first ...
Microsoft’s Japanese arm Thursday said it will begin giving away more than a million CD-ROMs of the company’s latest security update, Windows XP Service Pack 2 from 27,500 locations during September ...
Following widespread reports of hardware issues following the North American Xbox 360, Microsoft Japan is assuring gamers it will quickly deal with faulty units of the next-gen console, which goes on ...
During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a ruling by the ...