"the Health Ministry’s (white paper) report .. recommended that Japanese consumers—known for their obsession with punctuality and expediency – cooperate in reducing work hours by lessening their demand for 24 hour services".
Source: Japan’s long work hours linked to declining birthrate, gov’t says.
Mainichi Shimbun, September 8, 2006
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