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The concept of "Asian time" frightens many foreigners even to attempt to apply for work in Japan. Often times "Asian time" means waking up at 4:30 and coming back home at around 8 or worse. While OT is not uncommon in the US, there are laws protecting individuals from overwork and in Japan overwork is considered an honor. Unfortunately, overworking leads to competing with others that do overwork more than you and the competition is there for a chance at promotions. In the recent years, Japanese companies have been working towards alleviate the risk of working to death, also known as karoshi (過労死 / kar
oushi).There are nearly 10,000 related overworked deaths every year in Japan, and it's become such a problem that the Japanese government finally decided to step-in after decades of karoshi 過労死. The earliest recorded 過労死 was in 1969 when an employee at Japan's largest shipping company committed suicide after being overworked. Since then, thousands of people were committing suicide every year and it became far worse in the 90's when karoshi took 25 lives for every 100,000. Hotlines were implemented, and companies were becoming more and more liable particularly when employees were working overtime without pay.While there are many companies today whom are implementing strict rules against too much over-time, the government decided not to take any more chances and start putting their foot down. Suicide rates in Japan are amongst the highest in the world. The legislation stipulates how it is necessary for the government to work towards a society without death and suicide by karoshi. The legislation has already passed the house of representatives.
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