Palumbo, Frederick A.; Herbig, Paul A. - In: Employee Relations 16 (1994) 1, pp. 54-61
Much current Japanese popular discussion centres on the sudden death, at an early age, of Japan′s hard‐working, white‐collar workers: Karoshi (death from overwork) – Salaryman′s Sudden Death Syndrome. Officially, it does not exist, as the government and big business are hesitant to...