National / Media | MEDIA MIX Jan 26, 2013
No room for subtleties when laying off workers
by Philip Brasor
Thanks to a feature that appeared on the front page of the Dec. 31 issue of the Asahi Shimbun, oidashi beya is the first topical neologism of 2013 if you don't count "Abenomics." It's not clear if the term, which translates as "expulsion room," ...