The sudden death of a 35-year-old manager highlights the danger of excessive work pressure and lack of work-life balance. The ...

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In the context of a recent incident of a young chartered accountant succumbing to work pressure and the ongoing debate on weekly working hours for India’s workforce, this article discusses the ...

Labour union activism and consequential legislation ensured the rights of workers to prevent exploitation through overwork.

Tsuji noted that managers in their fifties and sixties often describe walking on eggshells in the office to avoid overwork complaints by their younger colleagues. Yet the cultural shift could have ...

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Her suicide was recognized as an “industrial accident,” and it heightened calls for Japan to more seriously address the issue of “karoshi” (death from overwork). Takahashi has been a key ...

(NHK) due to overwork. The man, who was in his 40s, died from what is termed “karoshi” in October 2019, according to NHK officials at a Sept. 2 news conference. He headed a team of reporters ...

In Japan, corporate life is so intense there's actually a word to refer to people dying from overworking: Karoshi, which literally translates to "death by overwork." This intense culture is a ...