Death from overwork kills 63 teachers in Japan over 10-year period, as experts warn figure is just the tip of the iceberg

April 22, 2018 5:38 PM

TOKYO – Some 63 public school teachers in Japan died of overwork over a 10-year period up to 2016, the Mainichi Shimbun newspaper reported on Saturday (April 21), marking the first time that data for such cases are being made public and putting greater scrutiny on the long hours faced by the country’s teachers.

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