Message from the Editor

COOL BIZ, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

A little more than a year has passed since the first time Cool Biz was adopted in Japan. When summer and its unbearable heat comes, people are officially allowed to remove the tie that strangles the neck and makes it difficult to breathe. And of course, this means you use less air-conditioning, save energy and pollute less. This decision is a good one although this might have been started a few weeks or a month earlier, according to me. What a relief it was for me when they announced on a mid-June day at my workplace that this year's "Cool Biz" would officially and finally start!!

Shirt opened, less worries, better work efficiency, I love Cool Biz! But with this global warming problem the world seems to be facing, I am afraid the Cool Biz will soon not be enough. When shall we then start the Naked Biz? Maybe I can get the answer from my summer friends, the cool bees. . . .

Hope you are enjoying summer!

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