Japan’s grueling work culture is again under the spotlight after the death of a journalist at Japan Broadcasting Corp. (NHK) ...

TOKYO, Japan -- The president of top Japanese advertising company Dentsu Inc. said Wednesday he will resign to take responsibility for the suicide of a worker who had clocked massive overtime in her ...

Bank of America is taking further steps to address overwork among its employees, following the death of an employee last year due to excessive work hours, according to the Herald. The banking industry ...

A government survey found that 35.2 percent of workers in the arts and entertainment sector put in more than 60 hours a week, ...

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Li, a member of the company's technology team, reportedly collapsed at his desk around 5 pm on Monday (13 May). The death was apparently due to sudden heart failure, according to reports, but media ...

The well-known bakery brand **London Bagel Museum (Runbemyu)** announced on the 3rd that it has reached an agreement with the bereaved family of a worker in their 20s over allegations of ...

A person claiming to be a doctor wrote online that the recent public outcry over the suspected death from overwork of a bakery employee was “selective empathy,” noting that doctors and self-employed ...

That was Japan’s new far-right Prime Minister’s victory speech vow. Sanae Takaichi was talking about how she’d lead her own party. Not reform the nation’s notoriously long work weeks. But the comments ...