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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Don't worry, that's being actively eroded. People cost too much to hire, at least according to the businesses, so they're just gonna find ways to make less people work more and more.