>The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Friday approved a draft ordinance to prevent customers from abusing workers in a first for Japan, a country where customers are famously referred to as “gods” in the service sector and enjoy a superior position.
>Coming into effect next April, the ordinance against so-called “customer harassment” outlines the responsibilities of customers, although it carries no penalties if violated.
> The Tokyo government plans to create guidelines that specify what constitutes customer abuse.
> Customer harassment in Japan is characterized by one leveraging their superior position to abuse verbally or make false accusations against service workers.
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Japan’s 1st what?
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>The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Friday approved a draft ordinance to prevent customers from abusing workers in a first for Japan, a country where customers are famously referred to as “gods” in the service sector and enjoy a superior position.
>Coming into effect next April, the ordinance against so-called “customer harassment” outlines the responsibilities of customers, although it carries no penalties if violated.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/10/eb4e7fd83ad3-tokyo-approves-ordinance-to-prevent-abuse-by-customers-in-japans-1st.html) reduced by 75%. (I’m a bot)
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> The Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on Friday approved a draft ordinance to prevent customers from abusing workers in a first for Japan, a country where customers are famously referred to as "Gods" in the service sector and enjoy a superior position.
> The Tokyo government plans to create guidelines that specify what constitutes customer abuse.
> Customer harassment in Japan is characterized by one leveraging their superior position to abuse verbally or make false accusations against service workers.
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