Employee of Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya dies while working alone

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Employee of Japanese fast-food chain Sukiya dies while working alone​

Today 06:00 am JST

TOKYO

A female worker of Japan's leading fast-food chain Sukiya Co collapsed earlier this year while working alone at one of its outlets and she was confirmed dead later after suffering a heart attack, a company official said Thursday.

The woman in her 50s was working an early morning shift in January at a Nagoya outlet and her situation was not found until her colleague arrived at around 9 a.m., the official said, adding she was taken to hospital but later pronounced dead.

The chain, known for its gyudon beef bowls, said a single-staff system had been in place for the early morning shift between 5 a.m. and 9 a.m. in some stores. It has now decided to end the system this month and all shifts will be staffed by two or more people at its nearly 2,000 outlets across the country.

Following the incident, Sukiya said in a statement it will make "further efforts to improve the working environment for its employees," while a number of industries in Japan have been facing with a chronic shortage of labor, partly because of the country's aging population.

Sukiya said that other shifts, such as the late night 12.a.m. to 5.a.m. shift, have had multiple people staffed for safety and other reasons.

Employees are provided with wireless emergency buttons to use in case of a crime or accident, but the female worker did not have one on her when she collapsed, it added.

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PUTRAJAYA: A joint committee will be set up to implement the memorandum of cooperation (MoC) to send skilled Malaysian workers to work in Japan, says human resources minister M Saravanan.
The MoC was finalised between Saravanan and Japanese justice minister Yoshihisa Furukawa on Thursday. The exchange of documents was witnessed by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his Japanese counterpart, Fumio Kishida, yesterday.

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And the eating joints will soon be halal certified serving authentic japanese dishes.

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

And let them slack off on Fridays?

 

[syed putra]

And let them slack off on Fridays?

If the japs want to eat, they will need to adjust to this new reality. Otherwise go live elsewhere.

 

[blackmondy]

Japanese are very hardworking. I believe her ghost will come to work the next day.

 

[syed putra]

Japanese are very hardworking. I believe her ghost will come to work the next day.

Their work culture make them pretend to be hard working. Nobody leaves the office, till the boss leaves.

 

[Ganesha]

Their work culture make them pretend to be hard working. Nobody leaves the office, till the boss leaves.

That is their culture, in Sinkieland, Sinkies will leave the office before the boss leaves