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