Yeah Curious I think maybe some of them may have done that although Japan is a very wealthy country that is highly conscious of labels and material things. Based on that it may also be a sense of failure or self esteem driven thing. Honor is also very big in the workplace there and being seen as dishonorable I think would be a driver as well.

Can you imagine working 160 hours in a week. How disorienting that must be.

This is so sad