Economic stress caused by overwork die increase corporate culture in Japan was called into question

"Die fatigue" concept is not a hit from Japan, but Japan's "workaholic" has led to developed countries for a shocking incident too many. Lawyer has estimated that Japan's happened every year at least one million work-related deaths. Fujitsu Research Institute senior economist, said: " 'fatigue die' will increase the number of people."

Japan's economic outlook increasingly dim. Factory output in December last year, fell 9.6 percent, marking the largest decline in records. At the same time, the unemployment rate increases for nearly 41 years, a new high, 4.6 percent reduction in household expenditure, the third consecutive decline in 10 months.

Some Japanese companies are at an unprecedented rate cuts, first of all temporary workers are from the start. The unemployment rate rising rapidly, so that the unemployed have not yet feel greater stress.

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd. strategist Fink said: "If you reduce costs through layoffs rather than enhance productivity to solve the problem, and that 'fatigue die' may become a real problem." Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said that the Japanese per hour labor productivity level of only 30% of the United States.

Japan has a nationwide "die fatigue Hotline", a guide job over Worker self-help manuals, as well as a provision of "overwork death" the law governing compensation for the victims home. Kelly Services Inc. United States to a recent survey found that job in Japan because of health problems caused by the proportion of employees first in the world.

Japan Federation of Economic Organizations and other organizations are calling the company to develop a more flexible timetable in order to reduce overtime, and in favor of raising the birth rate in the country's population. They pointed out that corporate executives and government need to take more action, it will be Japan's earners "towed" desk.