For context, from the article: "Takahashi had clocked about 105 hours of overtime in the month leading up to her death, authorities found." Japan has a 40 hour

For context, from the article: "Takahashi had clocked about 105 hours of overtime in the month leading up to her death, authorities found." Japan has a 40 hour work week and a max of overtime a person can volunteer for. In a month this limit is an additional 45 hours. An employee can agree to more overtime but the source refers to some labor safeguards that are supposed to kick in: https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/setting_up/laws/section4/page5.html https://www.jetro.go.jp/en/invest/setting_up/laws/section4/p... So in essence, she worked more than double the allowed overtime (around 65 hours per week total work time).