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“I didn’t intend to mention any specifics,” Takaichi said, when a lawmaker asked her about the remarks that irked Beijing.

We asked six workplace-design gurus to envision how architects and employers will try to fix what irks many workers about the office today:

State laws in New York, California and elsewhere have irked administration officials like White House AI Czar David Sacks and business executives who have called for federal action.

But the junta's military backer China has been increasingly irked at the number of its citizens who are both perpetrators and victims of the scams, experts say.

Beijing has led an international pressure campaign to crack down on the scam hubs, irked at its citizens being lured to work in the industry and targeting other Chinese with their cons.