{"id":5430,"date":"2009-04-27T11:58:01","date_gmt":"2009-04-27T11:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=5430"},"modified":"2009-04-27T16:00:01","modified_gmt":"2009-04-27T16:00:01","slug":"j-news-mini-roundup-japanese-companies-threatened-by-swine-flu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/27\/j-news-mini-roundup-japanese-companies-threatened-by-swine-flu\/","title":{"rendered":"J-News Mini-Roundup: Japanese Companies Threatened by Swine Flu"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"swineflu\"J-News Mini-Roundup<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills<\/strong>, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning<\/strong> (<\/em>www.hillslearning.com<\/em><\/a>). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese language learning options.<\/em><\/p>\n

Background: <\/strong>Japanese companies with operations in Mexico are in a quandary about how to respond to the outbreak of Swine Flu. Through intelligence gathering and working together with government authorities, companies are deciding whether to send their workers home or to the U.S., or just to increase security measures at their Mexican offices and plants. The Japanese newspapers this morning each told a different account of how businesses are dealing with the threat of the Swine Flu.<\/p>\n

Nikkei<\/strong> \u201cElectronics Companies Prohibit Travel.\u201d<\/em> The Nikkei points out that both Sony and NEC have called for restrictions on business trips to Mexico. While Sony has just called for restrictions on Mexico City, NEC has called for restrictions on travel throughout the country. Not only has NEC prohibited trips into the region, but they\u2019re also looking at sending people who reside in Mexico home.<\/p>\n

Yomiuri<\/span><\/strong> \u201cFinancial Companies React by Emergency Evacuation.\u201d<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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J-News Mini-Roundup is a recurring feature written by Friend Of JET, Jon Hills, who maintains the blog for Hills Learning (www.hillslearning.com). Hills Learning is a NY-based language learning services company offering customized and personal Japanese language learning options. Background: Japanese companies with operations in Mexico are in a quandary about how to respond to the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t