Labor bureau: Japanese man, 45, died of overwork

A Japanese labor bureau has ruled that one of Toyota's top car engineers died from working too many hours, the latest in a string of such findings in a nation where extraordinarily long hours for some employees has long been the norm.

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Japan Orders Compensation for Overwork

A court in central Japan ordered the government Friday to pay compensation to a woman who argued that her husband died from overwork at Toyota Motor Corp., Japan's largest automaker, officials said.

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Japan in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate. One reason for the low birth rate is the 12-hour workday. "Canon has a very strong birth planning program," says the compa …

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One of Toyota's senior car engineers died from working too many hours, a Japanese labour bureau has found. The 45-year-old man was developing a hybrid version of Toyota's successful Camry line at the time of his death.

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You put in 12 to 14 hours a day at the office and often work on weekends and at home. Some people have joked that you are a "workaholic," and a few people close to you have even said that it's a serious problem. Is it? How can you tell?

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This Labor Day, millions of Americans will rejoice at the opportunity for a three-day weekend. But one community is calling for more. Much more.

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More people believe that they are being overworked and don't have a balance between work and home.

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The Boston Globe reports, "Now, more than a year later, game developers have won settlements in three class-action lawsuits alleging EA created exhausting work schedules without paying overtime, and successfully pressed employers to ease unrelenting workloads.

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