东京——索尼集团将从下个月起，要求其芯片子公司的员工全职返回办公室，成为最新一家撤回远程办公政策的日本企业。
TOKYO -- Sony Group will bring workers at its chip subsidiary back to the office full-time starting next month, becoming the latest Japanese company to roll back remote work policies.
原则上，索尼半导体解决方案公司约8000名员工将全部到办公室办公。此次调整是组织改革的一部分，旨在推动实体人工智能领域的研发工作。
In-office work will become mandatory in principle for the roughly 8,000 employees at Sony Semiconductor Solutions. The change is part of organizational reforms meant to promote research and development efforts in physical AI.
公司将取消远程办公，以提高跨部门联合研究的效率和决策速度，并促进新业务发展。
The company will scrap remote work in a bid to improve efficiency and decision-making in joint research that spans divisions, as well as to improve new business creation.
与此同时，公司正在增设更多促进员工轻松交流的场所，以及供员工专注工作的个人办公单间。公司还将增加午餐补贴等福利。对于育儿和照顾老人等特殊情况，公司仍允许远程办公。
Meanwhile, the company is working to set up more spaces meant to foster casual communication, as well as individual work rooms for focused work. A subsidized lunch and other perks will also be added. The company will still allow remote work for special cases, including childcare and caregiving.
在与其他公司的合作中，部门之间的协调至关重要，包括索尼与台积电合作推进下一代图像传感器量产。
Coordination between divisions is crucial in partnerships with other companies, including Sony's collaboration with TSMC toward mass-production of next-generation image sensors.
10月，索尼半导体解决方案公司将与三菱电机启动一项合作业务，以支持制造业自动化。
In October, the Sony unit will launch a joint business with Mitsubishi Electric to support automation in manufacturing.
索尼半导体解决方案公司总裁兼首席执行官筿田真司表示：“要在技术上引领半导体行业、始终走在前沿，我们就必须加快速度，释放创造力。”
"To lead the semiconductor industry by being first on technology, we need to step up our speed and creativity," said Shinji Sashida, Sony Semiconductor's president and CEO.
越来越多的企业正让员工返回办公室。今年7月，互联网基础设施服务提供商GMO Internet Group停止推广远程办公。
More companies are bringing employees back to the office. In July, internet infrastructure provider GMO Internet Group stopped promoting remote work.
GMO Internet Group集团首席执行官兼董事长熊井雅俊表示：“总体而言，远程办公弊大于利。”
"Overall, remote work is a detriment," said Masatoshi Kumagai, group CEO and chairman.
去年，建筑集团大林工业取消了远程办公比例目标，实际上恢复以现场办公为常态。该公司表示，现场办公有助于加强沟通。
Last year, construction group Obayashi scrapped its target rate for remote work and effectively resumed on-site work as the norm. The company said it makes communication easier.
Persol综合研究所的一项调查显示，2026年有24.6%的受访者表示其雇主普遍要求到岗上班，比上年上升了1.8个百分点。与此同时截至7月，采用远程办公的企业比例同比下降了1.1个百分点，降至21.4%，连续第二年下降。
A survey by Persol Research and Consulting showed that in 2026, 24.6% of respondents said their employer requires in-person work as a general rule, a 1.8 percentage point rise from the previous year. Meanwhile, as of July, the ratio of companies using remote work fell 1.1 percentage points year-on-year to 21.4%, declining for the second year in a row.
Persol高级研究员小林祐司表示：“日本的工作岗位制雇佣仍然不够成熟。许多公司认为让员工到办公室上班更有效率，因为管理者可以在关注工作量和员工培养的同时分配任务。”目前尚不清楚这种让员工返回办公室的举措是否会取得成果。亚马逊曾以需要促进创新为由，恢复了每周五天的办公室办公政策。据美国媒体报道，这一政策最终导致了人才的外流。
"Job-based employment is still not well-established in Japan," said Yuji Kobayashi, Persol's principal researcher. "Many companies see having employees come into the office as more efficient because managers can assign tasks while keeping an eye on workloads and employee development." It is unclear whether such moves to bring employees back to the office will bear fruit. Amazon returned to in-office work five days a week, citing the need to foster innovation. The policy ultimately led to an outflow of talent, according to U.S. media reports.
Persol调查显示，超过80%的受访者表示希望继续远程办公，这表明即使现有员工能够接受，重返办公室的规定也可能成为招聘过程中的一个劣势。
More than 80% of respondents to the Persol survey said they want to continue remote work, indicating that return-to-office rules could be a disadvantage in hiring even if accepted by existing employees.