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," ...