Japan is pushing for companies to adopt a four-day workweek but faces challenges due to its long-standing workaholic culture. While the government supports shorter hours and flexible arrangements, social pressure and ingrained values contribute to long working hours.
Japan has ramped up its push for companies to adopt a four-day workweek , but those efforts face steep challenges in a country famous for its workaholic culture.
The move marks a more concerted effort after the government first floated support for a shorter workweek in 2021 when lawmakers endorsed the idea. But the concept has not been mandated, and has been slow to gain traction.wrote a book on Japanese popular and traditional culture "Being part of a company is almost part of a community, and this results often in longer work hours, not as efficient work hours," he told CNBC.addressing Japan's excessively long working hours and their connection to depression and karoshi, or death from overwork. In 2022, 2,968 people in Japan died by suicide attributed to karoshi, an increase from 1,935 in 2021. Japan has not released its white paper for 2023's statistics yet.
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