By Freya Purnell
Following last week’s catastrophic earthquake in Japan, SAP Japan has closed its Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya offices.
Reuters reported that SAP’s 1100 staff based in Japan have been asked to work from home or offered transport to the south of the country, away from the areas affected by increased radiation as a result of damage to the country’s nuclear plants.
SAP had reportedly reserved 520 hotel rooms indefinitely for use by employees and their families to use as needed, in an effort to provide the facilities for staff to continuing working online.
Other foreign companies such as Infineon and Cisco Systems, also with operations in affected areas, have made
similar arrangements for their employees to both ensure their safety and minimise business disruption.
