NHK, Japan's state-run news channel, reluctantly admitted this year that overwork had caused the death of a 31-year-old NHK female reporter in 2013. She had worked 159 hours of overtime with only two days off in the one-month period prior to her untimely death. Chronic overwork, even when it doesn't result in death, is a serious blight on Japan's society. The de facto cost for working someone to death: a fine amounting to less than $5,000. “Japan needs to set a limit on labor hours, across the board.

Source: Forbes October 30, 2017 09:56 UTC