Dogs in the Office Are WeWorks Secret Weapon in Japan

[Judi Lynn]

By Yuji Nakamura and Yuki Furukawa
January 8, 2018, 2:00 PM CST



Photographer: Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images


In Japan, where pets outnumber children, WeWork Cos. is adapting to the lay of the land.

The office-sharing company’s push into the country includes opening a dog-friendly office by June with plans to later offer on-site childcare at other locations. The four properties the company has announced in central Tokyo, which will start opening from February, will also have special rooms for mothers.

“Not only dogs, and not that there’s a parallel, but people in the future will need to bring their kids to the office,” WeWork’s Japan head, Chris Hill, said in an interview. “Part of our global vision is to create workspaces that are conducive to having more mothers and women enter the workforce.”

While pets are already a feature at the startup’s locations from London to New York, they’re unheard of in Japan, where offices tend to be cramped, quiet, and overrun with paper documents.

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[Irish_Dem]

1. Japan loves the super baby face dogs, they are so cute. nt

[Nitram]

3. My Japanese wife's favorite dog is the Shiba Inu, which looks more fox-like.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/DF5iEZ][img][/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/DF5iEZ]shiba-inu[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/martindj1/]Martin Johnson[/url], on Flickr

[Irish_Dem]

4. The super baby face dog is a more recent trend. I love the Shiba...

in the picture you can see how alert and intelligent they are...

[shenmue]

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