Corporate Japan stepped up efforts against the H1N1 influenza strain Thursday as employees returned to work en masse following the Golden Week holidays.
Electronics giant NEC Corp. set up thermographic cameras at the entrance to its headquarters in Minato Ward, Tokyo, to detect fevers.
Since some companies could temporarily lose 40 percent of their employees to sick leave if infected, under one government flu scenario, the government is trying to ensure that essential infrastructure will be sustained — food, water, gas, electricity and public transport.