David B. Himself<p><span>A revolution in Japan?<br><br>I just got a university-wide email (so it's a ministry directive) that ends "Cool Biz!"<br><br>Now, every employee should dress according to their needs and to the actual temperature!!!<br><br>Japan is changing!<br><br>For those who don't know, "Cool Biz" is a policy that started in 2005 to use less electricity. Air conditioning in the country's offices shouldn't be set lower than 28°C and office workers were allowed to wear more "relaxed" outfits (i.e. short sleeve shirts, drop the jacket of their suit, etc - nothing fancy, shorts were not allowed).<br><br>The only change to the policy came a couple of years ago when they started to acknowledge climate change. Cool Biz was from July to September, it was extended from June to October.<br><br>And apparently, that's the end of it. Japan is starting to realize that to know if it's hot or cold, you check a thermometer and not the calendar.<br><br>It doesn't affect me directly, as I'm not an office worker, but I wonder if the engineering campus will realize that starting A/C in July only (and blocking the thermostat too high) is not a good idea anymore in this day and age (classrooms facing south have become unhealthy in summer over there, I'm not joking - students have fainted in the past)<br><br><br></span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Japan" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/CoolBiz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CoolBiz</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/ClimateDiary" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClimateDiary</a></p>