This first-person account by a 43-year-old company employee comes from a personal interview by the writer, who has edited and translated the man's words.
いやな時代だなあ (Iyana jidai da nā, "These are bad times"), said my boss the other day, during 昼休み (hiruyasumi, lunch break) at the neighborhood 居酒屋 (izakaya, Japanese pub) that has a lunch menu ranging from ¥650 (the curry rice) to ¥1,000 (the "steak-don," or slices of steak on a bowl of rice).
He was talking about the horrific events in Dhaka, in which seven Japanese nationals had been killed. I work for a 大手旅行代理店 (ōteryokōdairiten, major travel agency) so this sort of news gets everyone down and the gloom envelops the office for days.