Editing Karoshi (section)

==Corporate response==
Many companies have been making an effort to find a better [[work–life balance]] for their employees. [[Toyota Motor Company]] generally limits overtime to 360 hours a year (an average of 30 hours monthly), and, at some offices, issues public address announcements every hour after 7 p.m. pointing out the importance of rest and urging workers to go home. [[Nissan]] allows for [[remote work]] to make it easier to care for children or elderly parents.<ref name=Pressure/> Dozens of large corporations have also implemented "no overtime days", which require employees to leave the office promptly at 5:30&nbsp;p.m. In 2007, [[Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation|Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking]], a division of Japan's largest banking group, started to allow employees to go home up to 3 hours early to care for children or elderly relatives. As of January 5, 2009, just 34 of the company's 7,000 employees had signed up for the plan.<ref name=Pressure/>

In February 2017, the [[Japanese government]] launched a campaign called "[[Premium Friday]]" asking companies to allow their workers to leave at 3pm on the last Friday of the month. The initiative is part of an attempt to address the punishingly long hours many Japanese are expected to work, prompted by the suicide of a 24-year-old employee at the advertising firm [[Dentsu]] who was doing more than 100 hours' overtime in the months before her death. While some major companies, such as [[Honda]], the drink maker [[Suntory]] and the confectioner [[Morinaga & Company]], have adopted the optional scheme, others are less enthusiastic about the prospect of a mid-afternoon staff exodus. A survey of 155 big companies by the [[Nikkei Business Publications|Nikkei business]] newspaper showed that 45% had no immediate plans to implement the scheme, with 37% saying they had either decided to enter into the spirit of [[Premium Friday]] or had plans to do so.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/feb/24/premium-fridays-japan-gives-workers-break-go-shopping |title=Premium Fridays: Japan gives its workers a break – to go shopping |last=McCurry |first=Justin |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=February 24, 2017 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>