In a wide-ranging discussion that touched on topics as varied as overhauling traditional practices, digitalization, working styles and the issue of widening inequality, experts debated on Sunday changes that have been accelerated by the COVID-19 outbreak, at the annual G1 Global Conference held in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo.
With the virus having infected over 37 million people and claimed 1 million lives worldwide, many nations have seen their economies ravaged and the public has shifted to a new normal.
Japan has been no exception, its government criticized over being ill-prepared for digitalization as workers have tried to adapt.