Employees in Japan are not okay. They’re often expected to put in extreme overtime, regardless of actual productivity.

You have workers who regularly sleep under their desks, because the work culture is so toxic that they’re low-key punished for daring to have a social life outside of work.

And there’s also a birth rate crisis that’s partially caused by that same toxic work culture.

You’ll sometimes hear buzz about fixing the birth rate crisis, but never anything about the toxic work culture.