Overworked Japan caps overtime at 100 hours a month

June 29, 2018 8:22 PM

TOKYO – Japan has formally capped overtime work at 100 hours a month in response to concerns about karoshi, or death by overwork, and seeking to improve productivity in a country where long hours are often more a custom than business necessity, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday (June 29).

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