Tokyo CNN —
Yuki Watanabe used to spend 12 hours every day toiling away in the office. And that’s considered a short day.
A typical 9-to-9 workday is the bare minimum. “The latest I would leave [the office] would be 11 p.m.,” said the 24-year-old, who used to work for some of Japan’s largest telecoms and e-payment companies.
So intense were the demands that Watanabe – who used an alias to speak to CNN, for fear of jeopardizing future job prospects – began to develop health problems. She had “shaky legs and stomach issues.”
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