53 Yoshide Suga is resigning as Prime Minister of Japan. (asia.nikkei.com) posted 3 years ago by onetruephilosoraptor 3 years ago by onetruephilosoraptor +53 / -0 28 comments share 28 comments share save hide report block hide replies
They already have crony capitalism to a ridiculous degree, and its part of why their population is dwindling. China has soul-crushing communism, while Japan has soul crushing consumerism.
Like you said, Japan's work culture is insanely brutal.
Japan has a specific word for people dying of overwork: karoshi which literally means overwork death.
They also call overwork suicides: karojisatsu.