Japan’s Nagoya Pays People to Stand Still on Escalators in Bid to Enforce New Etiquette
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Nagoya, a city in Japan, is paying people to stand still on escalators for six hours a day. The initiative is aimed at encouraging riders to remain stationary while going up or down, in line with new national etiquette standards. Traditionally, Japanese commuters followed an unspoken rule: in Tokyo and eastern Japan, people … Read more