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Japanese store deploys remote workers as convenience store clerks for graveyard shifts

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Lawson , the Japanese convenience store chain, has come up with a novel approach to address the country's chronic labor shortage: hiring remote workers from overseas.

The company launched its first overseas cashier this month , operated by a Japanese national living in Sweden .

Despite being based abroad, they can virtually assist in stores by operating lifelike avatar clerks.

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