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Japan overwork deaths among young show lessons from the past unlearned

TOKYO — Matsuri Takahashi’s dream career at Japan’s top ad agency, Dentsu, ended with her suicide as her overtime pushed past 100 hours a month. “I’m emotionless and only wish to sleep,” she wrote, exhausted and depressed, in a Twitter post in October 2015, six months after starting the job. On Christmas day, the 24-year-old [...]

By MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press|2017-04-24T10:03:31-04:00Tuesday, October 25, 2016|

Japan companies seek hipness through teens posting to Vine

TOKYO — What’s helping turn Japanese youngsters into stars on Vine, the Twitter-owned social network devoted to looping, six-second video clips, is the stodginess of this nation’s business world. Japan Inc. companies, both big and small, are generally so clueless about appealing to youngsters — especially young women and especially on social networks — they [...]

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press|2017-04-24T10:10:52-04:00Tuesday, July 26, 2016|