A news
Karoushi (death from overwork), which is a pronoun of Japanese society, is not yet a legend.
Some companies have not paid to the workers' families (news, MSN Japan). This awaked the Japanese version of myself.
I think, to know social problems in the society of both of one's origin and new culture. I think this is how we establish our identity.
P.S. I added some points on the past posting on wedding.
posted by Snow @ 8:31 PM
3 Comments:
Very interesting... How is "overwork" proved in the Courts? My question is: How can someone prove that the husband (or wife) died from overwork? Best, Kuki
Acturally, that's also my question. In 2002, Ministry of education, culture, sports, and technology announced the criteria of death from overwork, admitting accumulated long-term fatigue can influence the onset of certain brain/heart disease. I think one of reasons of karoushi is because of a part of Japanese culture that it's difficult for workers to claim that it is overwork, if other workers also work overtime. They tend to think, "If other people do so, I have to do so, too." It can be an example of Japanese collectivism.
Actually, the problem is that there is a spoken law there. Even if there is a law which discourage overwork, this doesn't work at all. What works is the spoken law, "We have to work overtime if the other workers do", and it is very hard to break the spoken law. Some people say the Kamikaze pilots had same mentality. People say that the Japanese young boys went there to attack US for honor. But actually, they had to go there, because if they say no, they are kicked out from the hometown.
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