How has Japan’s work style evolved over the past year since the return to the office began? What is the current mainstream work style in countries like the US and the UK, where companies like Amazon and Tesla have made headlines for pushing employees back to the office? This article examines changes in work styles in various countries based on surveys and examples.

In the urgency of the coronavirus pandemic, a lot of companies treated remote work as an emergency measure. At the time, management mainly focused on the...