In Japan Too?

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20200108-the-young-koreans-pushing-back-on-a-culture-of-endurance

How might this also be a challenge in Japan with Japan's millennial generation? Are they feeling the same kind of stress and challenges that the Korean millennial generation is? Is it possible that this is a global challenge and not just a one country challenge. Much has been written about Japan's young people and their challenges.
For example Japan, as has been written a lot is experiencing a labor shortage. Some reports have suggest there are almost 2 jobs available for Japan university graduates. But one might ask what kind of jobs are they? Are they the type of jobs university graduates can feel good about for their future, and or how many graduates decide to continue to live at home it not in a company dormitory. Whenever I go to a conbini in Japan, I mostly see foreign students working there. This could be because Japanese students have many options for a part time job, the pay at conbinis is not what they like or want, and or the working hours are not what like they like or want. On a side note, conbinis or convenience store now have challenges with the traditional 24/7 hours of operation because of a shortage of labor, as was the case with an Osaka 7/11 franchisee who had to close his store on occasion because he couldn't find anyone to work the late shift.
In the article it mentions the idea of long work hours. Japan has had it share of news about long work hours too. Are young people in Japan and Korea, accept the idea of a 60+ work week, a 70+ work week as normal in the 21st century? Or is it time to work smarter not necessarily harder and or work the 60+ hours just to work the 60+ just because of tradition. The answers are not easy and the implementation of different ways of doing things are sometimes not easy to accomplish, but some are trying to change the less than new ways of work and society in both countries.


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