A file photo of Japanese job-hunting students dressed in suits practice swapping business cards during a business manners seminar at a placement centre in Tokyo. Experts this week updated recommendations including frequent hand-washing, social distancing, off-peak commuting, video conferencing – and the exchange of 'meishi', or business cards, online. — Reuters
TOKYO: Japan's time-honoured ritual of exchanging business cards face-to-face is under pressure as the government promotes a "new lifestyle" to combat the coronavirus.
Experts this week updated recommendations including frequent hand-washing, social distancing, off-peak commuting, video conferencing – and the exchange of "meishi", or business cards, online.
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