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Japan has such a strong culture of
overwork. They even have a term for
death by overwork.
>> Death by o people die from overwork.
>> I mean I think around the world it
happens but I think Japan just documents
it. So it's not that it happens just in
Japan and that's harsh. People come in
early, leave late, even if they have
nothing to do it's just how it is. There
are all sorts of benefits that people
are not even taking because it looks
bad. So, for example, men in Japan are
allowed one year paternity leave, which
is very general. It is.
>> Yeah. Most of them don't take it because
it looks bad.
>> There are some countries that already
have, uh, fewer working hours, shorter
working hours, like France. I mean, they
brought that in years ago.
>> Yeah. And interestingly, um, trials for
the 4-day week are happening or have
happened across the world, not just in
places like France or Germany or Spain,
but Botswana, the Dominican Republic,
Brazil, South Africa. So there's
definitely an interest in
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