A woman in Yokohama was impressed by the bravery shown by Yukimi Takahashi after the suicide of her daughter, Matsuri, was widely reported in October 2016.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi only sleeps two to four hours a night—and has personally pledged to ditch work-life balance ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - The president of Dentsu Inc, Japan's largest advertising agency, will step down over the "death by overwork" of a young employee, a suicide which has prompted official probes and ...

In the U.S., long weekend policies are the stuff of envy — small perks that only a handful of companies offer. On December 29, Japan’s federal government announced its Premium Friday plan, in which ...

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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has instructed labor minister Kenichiro Ueno to consider easing work hour regulations, and discussions are likely to move toward revising the current overtime rules to ...

The president of Dentsu Inc, Japan’s largest advertising agency, will step down over the “death by overwork” of a young employee, a suicide which has prompted official probes and fresh hand-wringing ...