Tokyo Olympic stadium worker killed himself after working 190 hours overtime in a month: Death emerges days after reporter’s suicide is blamed on Japan’s excessive work hours

Construction worker on Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium committed suicide in April
The 23-year-old had clocked more than 190 hours of overtime in one month
His death has now been ruled ‘karoshi’ – meaning ‘death from overwork’
A Japanese construction worker committed suicide after working more than 190 hours of overtime in a single month.
The 23-year-old had been working on the new Tokyo Olympic Stadium, before his body was found in April this year, and the government’s labour bureau has now ruled that his death was caused by overwork.
This comes just days after it was revealed that the death of a 31-year-old journalist from heart-failure was caused by her working 159 hours of overtime in one month.
‘Karoshi’: The unnamed 23-year-old had been made to clock more than 190 hours of overtime in a single month while working on the new Olympic Stadium in Tokyo (pictured)
The unnamed construction worker had been employed by a contractor on the capital’s new Olympic Stadium – a project Tokyo authorities are rushing to finish in time for the 2020 games.
He went missing in early March, leaving a note saying he had ‘reached the physical and mental limit’, after working a total of 190 hours and 18 minutes overtime in the month before