Tokyo policeman commits suicide after New Year car attack
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Japan desperately needs a social revolution in regard to how they view workplaces and the role of work in an individual's life.
A scary thought is that America, the UK and other Western nations are actually inching closer to Japan's toxic workplace culture, not farther from it.
it works wonders for the numbers that anyone in charge of a corporation cares about
It really doesn't, working more than 40 hours is a horrible idea for employers because productivity goes down but pay stays the same. Corporate culture hasn't caught up to this concept yet.
I've actually wondered before if Japan's economic stimulus has failed because of their work hours. Basically if they didn't work so much people would have more free/leisure time and thus spend more money, getting the economy going. Instead they (as in older generations) have this idea if they work more and buckle down they've be able to restart the miracle.
So it's totally true that the Japanese (and Koreans, and Chinese, and Americans these days too) need to change their views on the work week, but the mental burden placed on law enforcement is just as brutal the world around.
You can blame that on a bunch of Economics/Psych papers from the fucking 90s that never got replicated that showed the dull environments and pay do not actually mean better work output.
this was probably an honor suicide more than one caused by high pressure work environment
good way to not keep staff around in the western world because we don't have a one job for life culture.
I don't know, I feel like more people are taking less and less bullshit from the corporate system these days, more than before anyway.
IIRC average hours worked has been inching up steadily since the 60s.
Citation needed.
The broadcaster said the policeman had been suffering from harassment at work, and reported he left behind a suicide note, without giving details of its contents.
Sounds like the ramming attack happening on his watch was just the final straw after years in a hellish workplace.
Even if it has, I think what's more worrying would be the public's acceptance for such. Japans culture glorifies restless work, while we're constantly fighting against it. It's more that the mindset in japan that "Working till you're a husk of a person is a good thing to do" that creates these kinds of situations I think.
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