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Officials inspect Dentsu over karoshi suicide

音声ダウンロード

Labor authorities conducted an on-site inspection Oct. 14 at the Tokyo headquarters of advertising giant Dentsu Inc. in the wake of the suicide of a 24-year-old female employee last December deemed to be from overwork.

The suicide of Matsuri Takahashi, who joined Dentsu in April 2015, was recognized in September as a case of death from overwork. In October, she worked some 105 hours of overtime. (Kyodo)

労働局、社員過労死で電通に立ち入り調査

電通女性社員の過労自殺を受け、東京労働局が電通の本社に立ち入り調査を行なった。

The Japan Times ST: October 28, 2016