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WARE_bluefield
@WARE_bluefield
By the way, the stereotypes that Japanese people work themselves to death ('Karoshi') and live in 'rabbit hutches' (tiny houses) are completely outdated images of modern Japan.
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Pantocrator
@Pantokrator1573
This social media myth about Japan having a uniquely high suicide rate is just a malicious ethnic stereotype at this point. x.com/sugardadengels…
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@heisei_ramen
You don’t get it! Japanese people are required to work from 8 to 6 and sometimes go drinking once a week! It’s literally a hellscape. *Slack pings at 3AM, panics and answers 5 emails*
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Quantum
@Quantum_Sport
Japan has that million yen wall thing where tons of women work part time to stay under the limit so they can be claimed as a dependent. In addition companies don't report overtime properly because they'd have to pay extra salary if they did.
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Rekt Yen
@corn_trader
it's gotten much better over the years. There are still very high expectations while receiving a low compensation but Karoshi level of work hours is pretty rare and its not like there is no protection for those workers. If someone dies from karoshi its darwin award at this point
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@FieE7Id4QJ28400
Translated from Japanese
Japanese people aren't overworked, right? I think that "work more" is the solution for achieving sustained real wage growth, but seeing how the "Work and work" statement, where he just expressed his own enthusiasm, went up in flames, it seems like advocating for increased
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@tanoshimu_time
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The average land area of a detached house in rural Japan is 250 square meters. Rural detached houses typically have a garden or parking space, and own 2–3 private cars per household.
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