Japan store worker’s suicide after working half year straight deemed job-related

Japan store worker’s suicide after working half year straight deemed job-related

His case highlights the issue of the ‘death from overwork’ culture in Japan.

A manager of a Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store in Oita prefecture took his own life after working around the clock to ensure that the store was always stocked at any time. The family accused the company's headquarters of not having supervised the conditions of the employees, but the company has declined all responsibility.

[NHK] A 38-year-old man who was a manager at a Seven-Eleven store in Oita Prefecture committed suicide three years ago, citing the fact that he had not had a single day off in six months...

It has been revealed that a man (then 38 years old) who served as a manager at a Seven-Eleven store in Oita Prefecture, the largest convenience store chain, committed suicide in 2022 and that the death was recognized as a work-related accident caused by working continuously for six months without a single day off.

In January 2021, a male employee = then (25) = of the carbon product manufacturer “Nippon Carbon” listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime committed suicide, and the Higashiomi Labor Standards Inspection Office (Shiga) certified it as an industrial accident, and it was learned in interviews with the attorney representing the bereaved family. The bereaved family soon filed a lawsuit with the Tokyo District Court seeking damages

A 7-11 Manager Died After Working Six Months Without a Break - Unseen Japan

In a 7-11 in Ōita Prefecture, one man bore the burden of keeping the store running 24 hours a day. After six months of toil without a break, he took his own life. The case, which was eventually certified as death by overwork, highlights how karōshi (過労死) remains a stubborn issue in Japan. It also shows how Japan’s combini are struggling to maintain round-the-clock operations in the face of a dwindling population. Leaving behind a wife and child …