![Lawyer Akiko Ozawa, whose law firm advises job-leavers although usually it represents companies, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on June 22, 2023, in Tokyo. In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. Ozawa has written a book on job-leaving services to help various people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, escape less painfully from jobs they want to quit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2023/06/30/AP23173277206946_AeHxGPt_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
Lawyer Akiko Ozawa, whose law firm advises job-leavers although usually it represents companies, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press on June 22, 2023, in Tokyo. In Japan, a nation reputed for loyalty to companies and lifetime employment, people who job-hop are often viewed as quitters. Ozawa has written a book on job-leaving services to help various people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, escape less painfully from jobs they want to quit. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshi…
June 30, 2023
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June 30, 2023 10:30 a.m.
In workaholic Japan, 'job leaving agents' help people escape the awkwardness of quitting
Conformist “workaholic” pressures in Japanese culture are painfully heavy