have to wear a mask ....so you can just infect your hands while you're waiting
it's to gargle.... all sit apart from each other...
three rules called the San Mitsu
physical health but also mental health
Hey guys and girls on Ask Japanese it's Cathy Cat.
You have asked us what is happening right now in Japan
specifically Tokyo...now as of now Tokyo is not under a lockdown I know some
rumors are out that we are not ....now we are kindly asked to stay inside if we
can meaning "do not go out on the weekends" but during the weekday people
in Japan have to still work. so in this situation many companies have thought
okay if the government is not putting a lockdown on this, how can we still
protect our workers who are coming in to work every day. here we are at my company
right now and I'm gonna tell you what my company is doing. not all companies are
doing this but these are certain steps and measures that are here to keep us
safe and maybe you can take them as reference for what is happened in Japan right now to keep safe
maybe little steps that you might be able to
implement into your working life in case you can or still have to work so on that
note let's see what my company is doing right now here in Japan
first thing coming into the office from the outside you can already
see it: All of our workers have to wear a mask and keep that mask on while you're
working all day it's to protect you and it's to protect others so face masks
don't only wear them on your way to work with them also in the office
Now coming into the office the very first thing here is a sign that says
because of the virus please disinfect your hands with alcohol there's a
alcoholic bottle here that you're supposed to use at the front desk
however if in case you missed that one there is a second one right here in
front of the elevators cuz sooner or later everyone will have to go up these
elevators and it is an easier place so they put on an extra desk so you can
just infect your hands while you're waiting for the elevator
number three there is still one more thing you should be doing every day
before you head into the office and that's right here.... so they put down a
Taionkei this measures your temperature in your ear
there's also instruction manual down there in case you don't know how to use
it to measure your temperature every day and then you have a piece of paper each
one of the workers has it where they write down their temperature this is
counting for all full employed people here so they can either measure it at
home or they can measure it when they come into the company to check what the
current temperature is day by day ok let's try it
luckily there are disinfectant wipes here otherwise that would be very
reluctant to try what everyone else has done you can actually disinfect the
whole thing
Lets set it to zero. There we go let's put this in my ear.
Number 4 there is one more thing we'd like
everyone to do before they go into the office the idea is to leave as many
bacteria and virus and germs outside so here at each toilet
there are several things lined up here we have soap we have again alcoholic
disinfectant to use after you wash your hands and this one over here is to
gargle now in Japan even in schools kids used to get told from very very young
age for the last couple of years to always gargle when you come in from the
outside that also helps you get rid of bacteria and similar things before you
actually go into school or into your home so step by step we're going to go
for all of these
now you can gargle with just water that's fine but it will be more
efficient if that's actually a gargling mixture here as well so we even have
tiny little cups to help us with the gargle stuff ....we mix this one then with
water there we go
(We left this cut in for health and safety but seriously I look like a potato)
(sorry about that)
this should get like all the extra germs of bacteria and dust
and whatever your breathe in out not all but as much as possible ideally
Ideally you shouldn't just gargle once and spit that out ideally you should gargle two
to three times to really get your mouth fresh and clean
Big meetings are
canceled however for small meetings we're asked to all sit apart from each
other so usually there's a seat in between so we don't all crowd together
in one space too much
Now once the meeting is over thank you
we're also asked to wipe down all the areas where someone was sitting again
with disinfectant wipes
just to make sure there's nothing else remaining on
the surfaces
most of my colleagues are currently on flexi time or are actually asked to stay
at home and work from home but some people still have to come into the
office and in order to protect them there's also another section year and
guess what more disinfectant wipes and there's also a surface cleaner so you're
supposed to spray your desk before you come to work before you start working at
the end of working and wipe it down with the cloth get it nice and clean and
again there's also again disinfectant spray for surfaces or for your hands
our company is also doing announcement three times a day over the speakers so
all the people working here get reminded to do the bare basics that you have to
be doing wash your hands open the doors open the windows for ventilation and
similar things so this happens three times in our company and I am just
waiting for the first one
ohayo gozaimasu
After coming to work, have you already washed your hands?
Please open the windows on all floors for 10 minutes.
During that time, please wipe down the door handles, meeting rooms and
other areas that people touch with disinfectant.
right
Well done for the hard work everyone! Have you washed your hands
and gargled after lunch yet?
Please open the windows on all floors for the next 10 minutes.
During that time make sure to wipe down doorknobs, meeting rooms and other
areas that people will frequently touch
with disinfectant please.
10 minutes right!
okay ten minutes let's clean this air
washing your hands is a must but in Japan there are also three rules called
the San-Mitsu the 3 MITSU that Japanese people are asked to follow one
of them is first of all don't be in rooms with bad ventilation that's why
many people are asked to open the windows and similar
number two is don't go to places with large gatherings that can be parts of
Tokyo for example the crowded areas like Shibuya but at the same time it can be
concert halls or you know environments for quite a large number of people will
come together so these ones you're supposed to avoid
and number three is if
you are with people speak with them at a distance don't be too close to people
keep your space give them some space keep your distance
when you are talking with people and ideally again wear a mask
in Japan you
usually don't give a handshake when you meet people even in business meetings
it's just bowing and you don't hug people and you don't get too close to
people unless you're maybe in the trains so there's generally a lot of distance
between people in the first place apart from crowded areas so I think that's
another way how bacteria and viruses can't get passed on as quickly
so the Japanese way of greeting instead of giving a handshake is Yoroshikuonegaishimasu
or Hello or "well done for the hard work" ... farewell
you're not only encouraged to wash your hands and clean down your desk all the
areas you used in the meeting you're also encouraged to clean the areas that
everyone is using for example doorknobs and similar regulary during the day
finally all workers are asked to take care of their own personal health
meaning for example eat properly hydrate properly sleep properly
and since gyms are closed right now exercise moderately either at home or
maybe on the fresh air where there are no people around or not many people
around so generally take care of your health so be careful guys all of you
guys watching this right now make sure you also take care of the other parts of
your health right now physical health but also mental health
so these are the
10 things that Japanese companies are doing in order to lower the spread and
give their workers an environment in which they can keep working but also
stay as safe as possible now how is that in your country let us know in the
comments down below everywhere everyone in the world right now this is not just
the thing from this country or their country every country is struggling with
this in a different way and is trying different measures so everyone wherever
in the world you are stay safe keep washing those hands and I'll see you
soon for another video here on ask Japanese take care