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‘I was stressed at work, so I set the store on fire’: Burned-out Japanese part-time worker arrested for arson
- Tatsuya Matsuzawa, a 32-year-old part-time worker, was arrested for arson in Japan.
- Matsuzawa reportedly set Ken Depot Soka Sezaki Store in Soka City, Saitama Prefecture, on fire on June 13.
- He had been working as a delivery and security man for the building materials store for about a year and admitted his crime to investigators.
- “I was too stressed at work, so I burned the place down,” he told them.
- A 42-year-old employee was injured during the fire and was taken to the hospital.
A stressed-out part-time Japanese employee was arrested for arson after setting fire to the store he worked at last week.
Tatsuya Matsuzawa, a 32-year-old part-time worker, was arrested for burning down Ken Depot Soka Sezaki Store in Soka, Saitama Prefecture, on June 13.
Young People in China Are ‘Lying Flat’ to Beat Societal Pressure
Young adults in China have recently embarked on a new trend called “tang ping,” the supposed antidote to the societal pressures of finding a good job and clocking in long hours.
In essence, “tang ping” (躺平), which literally translates to “lie flat,” is a deliberate rejection of the notorious rat race — a movement that does not advocate laziness but “having different choices,” as some put it.
Andrew Yang Proposes the US Adopt 4-Day Workweeks, 3-Day Weekends
Andrew Yang wants Americans to have longer weekends.
In a tweet posted on Memorial Day, the former Democratic presidential candidate advocated for four-day workweeks, arguing that it would create more jobs and actually improve productivity.
Jack Ma Doesn’t Think It’s Ridiculous at All For Employees to Work 12 Hours a Day
Chinese billionaire Jack Ma has no interest in working with “lazy” people.
In a Weibo post on Friday, the Alibaba chairman made it perfectly clear that his company only welcomes workers who are willing to clock in 12 hours a day, six days a week — a 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. shift colloquially known as “996.”
25% of Japanese Women Have Fallen Asleep During a Date, Survey Reveals
Japanese women are apparently so tired from work that one out of four have fallen asleep on a date, according to a new survey.
Yomeishu, an herbal liqueur company, polled women between 20 and 39 years old across Japan and found that 25% fell asleep during a date. It should be noted, however, that the survey sample size was not revealed.
Japanese Company Confirms Employee Died of Overwork After 159 Overtime Hours
A Japanese woman who was found dead in her bed in 2013, reportedly holding her smartphone, after excessively working now has citizens concerned about Japan’s grueling work ethic.
Most workplaces in Japan embrace work so much that employees often succumb to what the country refers to as karoshi, or “overwork death.”
Japanese Women’s Ideal Husband is Someone Making Lots of Money, Survey Finds
Most Japanese women want to spend the rest of their lives with a man who appears to be fairly ordinary, working in the office to make money, a new survey suggests.
IBJ, a marriage consultation company, surveyed 556 single Japanese women in their 20s to 40s about their ideal husband.
Japan Has an Insanely Low Jobless Rate, But the Country is Still Doomed
Japan has been making great strides in decreasing unemployment rates recently, but experts are warning of something terrible happening on the flip side.
According to government data released this week, the country’s jobless rate was at 2.8% in April for the third consecutive month, making it the lowest since 1994, the Japan Times reported. In addition, there were 148 positions for every 100 applicants, indicating a general surplus in available jobs.
Why Young Japanese People Work Themselves to Death
Working long hours in Japan is nothing unusual but the fact that it is rapidly becoming the new norm in the country’s modern society sparks concern from people who recognize the problem attached to overworking yourself.
In Japan, karoshi means death from overwork, which is exactly what will happen to many Japanese young professional if they do not realize the dangers of working past their body’s maximum capacity.
Why Young Japanese Men Refuse to Be Like Their Fathers
There’s a revolution happening among Japanese millennial men that is making them almost unrecognizable from the previous generation.
Observed to have been ditching habits such as drinking, overworking, and even driving, among others, the modern Japanese male seems to have evolved into someone with a significantly different mindset. And it is disrupting many major Japanese industries.
Poor Japanese Families are Reviving the Heartbreaking Tradition of ‘Granny Dumping’
Poor Japanese households that can no longer tend to their elders are reviving an ancient practice called “ubasute,” which means “granny dumping.”
In the past, economically-disadvantaged citizens allegedly brought their elders to mountaintops and left them there to fend for themselves and eventually die.
Japanese Company will Have 3-Day Weekends for Workers by 2020
Internet company Yahoo Japan Corp. is considering introducing a three-day weekend for all of its employees by 2020 in a push to abandon overworking in the country while also boosting productivity.
“We don’t see the three-day weekend system as the end goal but an option,” company spokeswoman Megumi Yagita said, according to Bloomberg.
