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Japan vows no more deaths from overwork while building Olympic arena
Source: Reuters
#WORLD NEWS OCTOBER 13, 2017 / 5:22 AM / UPDATED AN HOUR AGO
Japan vows no more deaths from overwork while building Olympic arena
Kwiyeon Ha
2 MIN READ
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese sports official promised on Friday to work with the builder of a showpiece stadium for the 2020 Olympics to stamp out “death by overwork”, a designation authorities applied last week to the suicide of a stadium worker.
The parents of the 23-year-old petitioned the government this year to recognize his suicide as “karoshi” - or “death by overwork”, with media saying he had worked 200 hours of overtime a month before his death.
“To our regret, illegal overtime was recognized as a result of inspection by the labor ministry,” said Tadashi Mochizuki, director of stadium manager the Japan Sport Council (JSC), which is part of a joint venture with construction firm Taisei Corp.
“We, JSC and Taisei, took it sincerely and we’ll do the utmost (to comply with the law) in proceeding with construction.”
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Japan vows no more deaths from overwork while building Olympic arena
Kwiyeon Ha
2 MIN READ
TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese sports official promised on Friday to work with the builder of a showpiece stadium for the 2020 Olympics to stamp out “death by overwork”, a designation authorities applied last week to the suicide of a stadium worker.
The parents of the 23-year-old petitioned the government this year to recognize his suicide as “karoshi” - or “death by overwork”, with media saying he had worked 200 hours of overtime a month before his death.
“To our regret, illegal overtime was recognized as a result of inspection by the labor ministry,” said Tadashi Mochizuki, director of stadium manager the Japan Sport Council (JSC), which is part of a joint venture with construction firm Taisei Corp.
“We, JSC and Taisei, took it sincerely and we’ll do the utmost (to comply with the law) in proceeding with construction.”
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-2020-stadium-death/japan-vows-no-more-deaths-from-overwork-while-building-olympic-arena-idUSKBN1CI11T
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