By KEN SAKAKIBARA/ Staff Writer
December 26, 2019 at 15:35 JST
The song sung by the senior bureaucrats at the party congratulating the man after he was hired by the ministry was found among his possessions. The song contains lyrics such as, “I did it. I did it. I waited for questions from lawmakers. I did it. I did it. Surely overwork.” (Ken Sakakibara)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications recognized in a workers' compensation case on Dec. 23 that the depression that drove a ministry bureaucrat to commit suicide in 2014 was caused by overwork. [Read More]
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