This guardian article makes the consequences of this overwork clear: Japan's birth rate is lower than its death rate. ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oc

This guardian article makes the consequences of this overwork clear: Japan's birth rate is lower than its death rate. ( http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-japan-stopped-having-sex http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/20/young-people-ja... )