FAQ｜Official website of Tokyo Metropolitan Government TOKYO CAREER GUIDE

Q. How do you spend a
typical day in Tokyo?

A.People working in companies typically work from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm on weekdays. There are many cases where Saturdays, Sundays, and national holidays are days off, but some people in the service and real estate industries are off on weekdays and work on weekends. Long overtime hours used to be an issue, but in recent years many companies are emphasizing "life-work balance," remote work is rapidly becoming more popular, and more companies are introducing flextime and staggered work schedules, resulting in a decrease in overtime hours.

Mr. A （Malaysia, 27, IT, development engineer ）

Mr. A

（Malaysia, 27, IT, development engineer）

A WEEKDAY

AM 6:00: Wake up
Watch the news on TV

: Study Japanese while watching the news. I study a little bit every day.

: Drink black tea with breakfast

AM 8:00: Leave home

: Walk about 10 minutes to my closest station.

AM 9:00: Interpret in a meeting for
customers
from America.

: Maybe my English is better than my Japanese...

AM 10:00: Development work at my desk

AM 11:00: A lunch meeting about
a new service
with the
members of my project team

: I often go to a ramen shop near my company that is well-known in Tokyo. The tsukemen (dipping noodles) is great!

PM 2:00: Development work at my desk

PM 4:00: Join a team debriefing
about the system

: I still have a lot to learn and I have to improve my Japanese even more.

PM 6:00: No overtime today. I'm going to a Chinese restaurant in Ikebukuro with my friend from Malaysia. I relax the most when I spend with friends from the same country as me.