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October 18, 2017

Tokyo stadium construction worker had 190 hours of overtime before suicide

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO — The Japan labor standard office has determined the suicide of a 23-year-old man who worked at Tokyo's new Olympic stadium construction site stemmed from overwork, and his family was eligible for government compensation.

Hiroshi Kawahito, a lawyer representing the victim's family, said last week the victim, in charge of quality control of materials at the stadium site, recorded 190 hours of overtime in one month before killing himself in March, according to Japan's NHK public television. The worker was less than a year on the job.


 
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