"The first day it was, 'You may go home'," said Watanabe, a 33-year-old employee at Sumitomo Corp. "On the second day it was, 'You better go home'.

“第一天他的通告是'你可以回家'".这位住友商社的33岁的雇员说道”第二天则是’你最好回家‘“。

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This month, for example, Sumitomo Corp.

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"The first reaction was to buy the dollar while selling the euro, the South Korean won and Asian shares, " said Etsuko Yamashita, chief economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

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