A bit late in coming but several companies have tried to make things more easier on workers. However, some of these backfire such as mandatory vacation time. It's hard to relax on the beach with the thought of work piling as high as Tokyo Tower on your desk because no one else is taking care of it on your behalf. Then expected to finish that when you get back. Some companies also are adopting more western working practices such as Switzerland or Sweden. My brother-in-law scored a job working at an American company that has good vacation time, 3 days off, distributive work load, American holidays such as Christmad off, and company benefits such as dental which almost hardly any company covers.
Disability services are also a joke. I broke my leg a few years ago and it was hell getting around. My wife and I had to get to the airport to fly to America for Christmas with it. Simply getting to the airport was a taxi ride, a shinkansen ride, and then a subway ride to the airport which was then a shuttle to the other terminal. I had to stand the entire time on the Shinkansen and subway as their were no seats. My wife even asked if there was a seat available and the attendant just was like "oh, sorry but we are booked." Some snobby business guy even slammed his briefcase into my leg which hurt like hell and, when I yelled at him, he just ignored me and snorted his nose. The airport refused to allow the use of a wheelchair as my "case wasn't urgent enough". Fortunately, I got a wheelchair in my connecting flight in Tokyo but only a short way before I was dumped and had to hoof it. When we finally landed in Chicago, it was smooth sailing with wheelchairs and getting a free pass during security. Coming back was also a pain as they were asking if I was injured in America or prior and had to see proof I was injured prior to leaving Japan. And again, no wheelchairs the entire time. We arrived back in my city at 12:05 am and rang for assistance. No one came. Had to call for a taxi who just watched us struggle to get into the cab. He then drove us to the apartment, bands up 20 bucks, and watched us struggle up 5 flights of stairs.
That's my own personal view though but made me realize just how unaccommodating Japan is for those disabled. I had a 6th grade student who was bound to a wheelchair. The classroom was on the 6th floor but the disability room was on the first so sometimes, he had to go up the 4 flights solely pushing himself up the stairs for 2nd period and back down for 3rd period without any assistance. Forget elevators. Hell, some teachers would yell at him to hurry up. Good thing was many students liked him and I never saw him bullied for the 3 years I was at that school.
Thankfully, those with disabilities are being given jobs but, from I hear, they are paid slightly less and are more of an "yes we have a disabled employee" badge of completion. Kinda like having a foreigner on staff >_<. I think it's improving gradually but I am not surprised to see harassment/bullying being an issue in the workplace.
Anyways, it's been a while but if it's true, that sucks and bad on Nintendo but I won't be boycotting Nintendo for this.
