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| Dentsu chief resigns after overworked employee commits suicide | Dentsu chief resigns after overworked employee commits suicide |
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| The head of Japanese advertising group Dentsu is to step down following the suicide of an employee who had worked hundreds of hours of overtime. | |
| Tadashi Ishii said he would tender his resignation at a January board meeting. | |
| Matsuri Takahashi, 24, jumped to her death in December last year and in a note left for her mother, she asked: "Why do things have to be so hard?". | Matsuri Takahashi, 24, jumped to her death in December last year and in a note left for her mother, she asked: "Why do things have to be so hard?". |
| She had started working at Dentsu in April 2015 and was soon doing an additional 100 hours a month. | She had started working at Dentsu in April 2015 and was soon doing an additional 100 hours a month. |
| Dentsu has been under pressure to reduce the amount of overtime its employees do and in November it was raided by labour regulators. | Dentsu has been under pressure to reduce the amount of overtime its employees do and in November it was raided by labour regulators. |
| In September, the Japanese government ruled that Ms Takahashi's death had been caused by overwork. She would often return home at 5am after spending all day and night at the office. | In September, the Japanese government ruled that Ms Takahashi's death had been caused by overwork. She would often return home at 5am after spending all day and night at the office. |
| On Wednesday, Mr Ishii, who has been chief executive in 2011, said: "This is something that should never have been allowed to happen." | On Wednesday, Mr Ishii, who has been chief executive in 2011, said: "This is something that should never have been allowed to happen." |
| While Dentsu is attempting to curtail overwork - by turning off lights at the headquarters at 10pm - it admitted that more than 100 workers were still doing an extra 80 hours a month. | While Dentsu is attempting to curtail overwork - by turning off lights at the headquarters at 10pm - it admitted that more than 100 workers were still doing an extra 80 hours a month. |
| Death linked to exhaustion in Japan is so common that there is a word, "karoshi", to describe it. According to government figures, about 2,000 people a year kill themselves because of overwork. | Death linked to exhaustion in Japan is so common that there is a word, "karoshi", to describe it. According to government figures, about 2,000 people a year kill themselves because of overwork. |