Family of 22-year-old man says suicide was the result of psychological damage after he was forced to confess past experiences of being bullied.
Ad giant Dentsu Inc. said Thursday it will trim working hours by 20 percent per person compared with fiscal 2014 in an attempt to improve labor conditions after an employee's 2015 suicide was declared a case of karoshi, or death by overwork. Dentsu's goal is ...
Two-thirds of companies inspected by the labor ministry in fiscal 2016 for suspected labor violations were found to have broken the law either by forcing employees to work illegal overtime or by failing to carry out measures to ensure their health, the ministry announced ...
The suicide of a man who logged over 200 hours of overtime building the main stadium for the Olympics was caused by overwork, his family’s lawyer says.
The upcoming trial involving the nation's leading advertising agency can serve as a catalyst for enhanced efforts to end overwork.
A court decision ordering Dentsu to stand trial for alleged labor violations is sure to sound alarm bells at many of Japan’s companies.
Prosecutors summarily indict ad giant Dentsu for labor violations but give three of its top executives a pass, including the boss of an overworked woman who committed suicide.
I think many people hold the following preconceived notions of what it means to be a physician. Doctors, we believe, are: highly specialized (and only a few can become MDs) have high social status and income have a noble mission to protect human health ...
A local labor standards inspection office has recognized the suicide of a trainee doctor in Niigata last year as a case of karoshi (death by overwork) in light of her excessive overtime hours, it was learned Thursday. The labor office in Niigata issued its recognition ...
The government has been pushing job-juggling lately, but I have reason to believe that its interests lie not with workers' health and security.
Office worker who took just four days off in six months before her death died from overwork, authorities say.
An education ministry survey finds that teachers nationwide are being overworked to the point where their health is deemed at risk.
