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[JamesFord]

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=142b211b-4991-4d7c-a095-f4ac339ba48a&k=17351

TOKYO -- When Kenichi Uchino collapsed and died on the factory floor before dawn one February day in 2002, he was into his fourth hour of overtime.

In his final month at the Toyota car plant, he had logged more than 106 hours overtime, most of it unpaid. He died from sudden heart failure at just 30 years old.

[anyangoldboy]

Your avatar goes well with your post

[jlb]

Isn't there a point when people say enough is enough and just quit? 106 hours of unpaid overtime! Never. I don't mind an hour or two a week, here and there but anymore than that better have some money coming along with it.

[CeleryMan]

...perhaps Kenichi's death inspired the "Passionate Pursuit of Perfection" tagline by Lexus?

RIP Kenichi Uchino.

[ED209]

Surely most of that overtime was spent sleeping. Oh sorry he's not Korean is he

[Juregen]

And know we know why Japanese can build cars more cost effectively, at the cost of the quality of live of their employees.

[flakfizer]

http://forums.eslcafe.com/korea/viewtopic.php?p=1438238&highlight=#1438238

It was a current event at the time.