{"id":68822,"date":"2026-06-25T21:43:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=68822"},"modified":"2026-06-25T21:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T12:43:40","slug":"level-5-will-allow-employees-to-come-in-late-on-june-26-so-that-they-can-watch-the-japan-vs-sweden-world-cup-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/level-5-will-allow-employees-to-come-in-late-on-june-26-so-that-they-can-watch-the-japan-vs-sweden-world-cup-match\/","title":{"rendered":"Level-5\u00a0will\u00a0allow employees to come in late on June 26\u00a0so that they can watch the\u00a0Japan vs Sweden World Cup match\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of Japan&#8217;s FIFA World Cup 2026 match against Sweden, former Japan international Keisuke Honda called on bosses all over Japan to allow&nbsp;employees flexibility in their work schedules so they could watch the game, which will start at 8 AM locally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surprisingly, among those who responded was&nbsp;Inazuma Eleven developer&nbsp;Level-5.&nbsp;The company\u2019s president and&nbsp;CEO Akihiro Hino&nbsp;quoted&nbsp;Honda&#8217;s post,&nbsp;writing:&nbsp;&#8220;As a company leader who supports soccer,&nbsp;I&#8217;ve decided that at&nbsp;Level-5, employees can watch the match first and then come to work at their own pace without it being considered late.&nbsp;Let&#8217;s&nbsp;all cheer&nbsp;together!&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" 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