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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek (apnews.com)
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[–] Iunnrais@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

I don’t know. I think maybe certain types of jobs, and certain sectors are as bad or worse than Japan, but Japan takes all the bad overworking practices of the worst “grindset” “over achiever” jobs in the US and applies them universally, from the lowest minimum wage worker on up.