Japan firms using resorts to keep employees health-savvy

Some Japanese companies are ramping up efforts to maintain and improve employees' health, such as sending employees to a remote health resort where they can acquire exercise habits.In late July, 16 employees of Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Himawari Life Insurance Inc. in their 20s to 40s with differing lifestyle habits and exercise experiences attended a walking program in the northeastern Japanese city of Kaminoyama in Yamagata Prefecture.The program is called "Kurort health walk," named after the German word for a health resort where people can stay for a number of days. In Germany, so-called "c…READ FULL ARTICLE