Japan Business Federation Starts Trial Of Daylight Saving Time
The Japan Business Federation is starting its business day an hour earlier to see if daylight savings time might work in Japan:
Nippon Keidanren (Japan Business Federation) and major banks in Japan on Wednesday launched a one-month trial daylight saving time period.
Under the “Eco-work month,” at the Nippon Keidanren secretariat, work normally beginning at 9:30 a.m. was moved back one hour to 8:30 a.m.
Workers at Keidanren, whose aim is to promote economic growth and strengthen corporations to boost Japan’s economy, started to filter in from about 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday.
“When you start early in the morning, it’s refreshing and feels good,” one of the workers said.
When I lived in America, I used to think that daylight savings time was pretty annoying. However, after moving to Japan and having bright sunbeams wake me up at ridiculously early hours in summer, I kind of miss it. The energy saving aspect of daylight savings time is also appealing. Maybe it’s a good idea for Japan to adopt it?
