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Pulse: Going freelance in Japan

Emma WallisJuly 4, 2017

In Japan from the 1930's until now, the idea that you work for one company until you die, or retire, was widespread. There is even a name for people who die in their job through overwork "Karoshi". But now, some young Japanese are challenging these ideas and daring to dream of going freelance or setting up their own business. Emma Wallis went to meet two of them in Kyoto and Osaka.

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Report: Emma Wallis, Osaka and Kyoto, Japan.