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Japan to Relax Overtime Regulation Under Workaholic PM
The ministry will keep monitoring health risks as roughly 40% of businesses remain under agreements allowing up to 100 hours of monthly overtime.
- On Tuesday, Japan eased overtime regulation, ending the requirement for labour standards offices to pressure businesses into the 45-hour monthly cap.
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's growth strategy, adopted in July, prompted the change to address deepening labour shortages affecting Japan's workforce.
- Roughly 40 per cent of businesses operate under labour-management agreements allowing monthly overtime up to 100 hours, while those without such agreements remain legally bound to the 45-hour limit.
- Zenroren, the National Confederation of Trade Unions in Tokyo, denounced the shift as "an unacceptable shift away from, and abolition of, the policy that urged companies to shorten work hours."
- The policy aligns with Takaichi's personal workaholic philosophy—she declared she "shall work, work, work, work and work"—yet critics argue it reverses Japan's recent efforts toward better work-life balance.
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Japan's Ministry of Labor has begun implementing new guidelines, stating that it will eliminate the signaling or pressure on companies to limit overtime hours to a maximum of 45 hours per month.
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Japan to relax overtime regulation under workaholic PM
TOKYO — Japan will ease overtime regulation starting Tuesday in a move meant to help spur economic growth but criticised as a relapse into the country's ingrained workaholic culture. The move comes after the government led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi — a self-proclaimed workaholic — adopted a growth strategy in July calling for revisions to the current oversight of work hours. The change in part reflects calls from certain business sectors …
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