{"id":46576,"date":"2025-08-05T07:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46576\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T07:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T07:53:11","slug":"japan-recognizes-record-number-of-deaths-and-health-disorders-related-to-overwork-in-fiscal-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/46576\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Recognizes Record Number of Deaths and Health Disorders Related to Overwork in Fiscal 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJapan Data<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSociety<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWork<\/a><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\tAug 5, 2025<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tOf the 1,304 recognized cases of deaths and health disorders related to overwork in Japan, more than 1,000 involved mental health issues.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

According to data compiled by Japan\u2019s Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare, there were 1,304 recognized cases of overwork-related deaths (kar\u014dshi) and health disorders in fiscal 2024, up 196 year on year. Of these, 247 involved strokes or heart conditions, and 1,057 depression and other mental health disorders. This is the first time that more than 1,000 cases of work-related mental health disorders have been recognized. Among these, 89 involved suicide or attempted suicide.<\/p>\n

\"Cases<\/a><\/p>\n

Power Harassment the Most Common Cause<\/p>\n

In the breakdown of the 1,055 cases of mental health disorders that were recognized as work-related, the most common cause was \u201cabuse of power from superiors or others\u201d accounting for 224 cases, followed by \u201cmajor change in duties or amount of work\u201d at 119, \u201ccustomer harassment\u201d (abusive behavior by customers or business clients) at 108, \u201csexual harassment\u201d at 105, and \u201cexperiencing or witnessing tragic accidents or disasters in relation to work\u201d at 87.<\/p>\n

\"Breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n

By gender, there were 552 men and 503 women, while over 90% were aged from 20 to 59. Those in their forties made up the largest group at 283, but no single age group stood out significantly.<\/p>\n

\"Breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n

By industry, the highest number of cases was in \u201chealthcare and welfare\u201d at 270, followed by \u201cmanufacturing\u201d at 161, \u201cwholesale and retail\u201d at 120, \u201ctransportation and postal services\u201d with 110, and \u201cconstruction\u201d at 81.<\/p>\n

\"Breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n

Data Sources<\/p>\n

(Translated from Japanese. Banner photo \u00a9\u00a0Pixta.)<\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t kar\u014dshi<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t\t labor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Japan Data Society Work Aug 5, 2025 Of the 1,304 recognized cases of deaths and health disorders related…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[49,48,84,32484,1571,393,394],"class_list":{"0":"post-46576","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-health","11":"tag-karoshi","12":"tag-labor","13":"tag-mental-health","14":"tag-mentalhealth"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}