The Japan labour standard office has determined the suicide of a 23-year-old man who worked at Tokyo's new Olympic stadium construction site stemmed from overwork, and his family was eligible for government compensation. The amount of overtime was way more than 80 hours, a threshold for karoshi, or death from overwork. Labour officials in Tokyo found the victim, who was not identified by name, also recorded 160 hours of overtime in January. The death of the worker captured national attention in July when his family sought the government to certify him as a karoshi victim. Also last week, NHK revealed its reporter who died of heart failure four years ago was certified as a karoshi victim in May 2016.

Source: CBC News October 10, 2017 16:18 UTC