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207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death
(unseen-japan.com)
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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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On top of how many? Still though, that's insane. But with such an aged population it's no wonder. Japan is in a vicious cycle and many other countries are getting there.
Yep. Japans declining birth rates and aging are working against it. They're trying to keep up with current output with a smaller population. China will be facing something much worse because it struggles to attract immigration to offset population decline and will likely follow the same steps - increase hours to maintain output.
Even here in Canada we may run to that problem shortly. The cost of living here has gotten so high. At least everyday items weren't bad when housing prices were but everything has gone up in the last year I've been seeing articles on immigrants moving back because of how expensive it is here. They got no money to send back let alone for themselves.