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Overwork Victims’ Kin ‘Trembled with Rage’ After Japan PM Won Buzzword Award

Families of karoshi victims say the prime minister's buzzword choice deepened their pain and insulted their losses in a protest that drew support from labor unions.

Summary by South China Morning Post
A family member said honouring Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ‘seems to praise a workstyle that can take someone’s life’.

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Overwork victims’ kin ‘trembled with rage’ after Japan PM won buzzword award

A family member said honouring Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ‘seems to praise a workstyle that can take someone’s life’.

·Hong Kong
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Overworked victims’ families protest against Japan PM’s work-focused remark as 2025 catchphrase

“I will work, work, work, work and work,” she said, after being chosen as ruling party's leader. Read more at straitstimes.com.

·Singapore
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The Straits Times broke the news in Singapore on Thursday, December 11, 2025.
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