Friday, December 30, 2016

Will Japan's overwork culture change?




When the 24-year-old woman jumped to her death in December last year, she left a note for her mother.
"Why do things have to be so hard?" she asked. She had been working about 100 extra hours a month.
Her company - advertising group Dentsu - is under pressure to reduce the amount of overtime its employees do.
In November, it was raided by labour regulators. The government ruled the woman's death was due to overwork.
About 2,000 Japanese people a year take their own lives for the same reason.






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