Employees told they need to take more time off and work shorter hours in Japan where culture of never taking holiday or leaving before their boss causes thousands of suicides every year

Employees told they need to take more time off and work shorter hours in Japan where culture of never taking holiday or leaving before their boss causes thousands of suicides every year Japanese workers were eligible for 18.5 days of paid leave and public holidays last year, but took an average of just nine, while staff also pulled an average of 173 hours of overtime, data shows.