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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/japanlife@lemmy.world
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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Knowing Japan, it’ll formally be 4 10-hour days rather than 4 8-hour days. Though in a culture where it is considered unacceptable to leave before your boss does, whether that’ll translate into people spending an extra 2 hours in the office is uncertain.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Japan works less than the usa.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    I don’t know. I think maybe certain types of jobs, and certain sectors are as bad or worse than Japan, but Japan takes all the bad overworking practices of the worst “grindset” “over achiever” jobs in the US and applies them universally, from the lowest minimum wage worker on up.

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