Japanese companies encourage employees to sit less to promote their health. In part, this was to take account of Rakuten's growing number of foreign employees, for whom standard-sized Japanese desks were a little on the low side. Electric cable maker Fujikura has installed exercise bars at the office so that workers can literally hang out when they want to. Since 2009, the Tokyo-based company has taken various steps to promote its employees' health, including issuing them with pedometers. Now Itoki is proposing what it calls "workcise," in which workers are urged to stretch while working to promote their health.

Source: Bangkok Post September 25, 2016 11:03 UTC