On the flip side, the number of mental health illnesses diagnosed that are attributed to work-related stress also continues to rise.
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Roll the dice with employees apologising in the windows of office tower blocks late at night.
Less overtime for some workers means more for others if no one’s changing how much total work needs to be done.
Workaholics asked to address this senseless loss in a country where taking paid leave is frowned upon.
500-restaurant chain closes all branches to give employees’ time to spend with families at New Year’s.
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Employees go on landmark strike to tackle unpaid overtime, receive overwhelming support from netizens.
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If your child has a better relationship with the robotic vacuum cleaner than with you, then you might have a problem.
Mouth agape, eyes rolled back, head bobbing – when home is an hour or more away and work continues late into the night, the only place for many Japanese office workers to lay their weary head is against a train car window. This phenomenon is not unique to Japan, but the combination of overwork and limited affordable housing in big cities like Tokyo give rise to crowds of sleepy commuters just trying to get to their futon. If you have never witness the varied sleeping positions of Japan’s overworked commuters, take a look at the following video created by real estate website HOME’S.
The Chinese Banking Regulatory Commission Management Committee confirmed this month that one of its staff, Li Jianhua, died of being overworked on April 23 — and has suggested that his fatal devotion to his job is a model for other Chinese workers.
With the abundance of public holidays and an average of 18 vacation days per year, the stereotype of the overworked and exhausted Japanese worker may seem like a relic of the past. But a recent survey by Expedia Japan comparing the vacation schedules of 24 countries proves yet again that the stereotype is alive and well.
For the sixth year in a row, Japan came in dead last as workers are only taking an average of 39% of their annual paid leave. And perhaps unsurprisingly, Japan ranked last in worker satisfaction.
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