Labor office set to recognize overwork death of foreign intern

Labor office set to recognize overwork death of foreign intern

ITAKO, Japan - This photo taken on July 2, 2010, shows a metal processing firm called Fuji Denka Kogyo in the city of Itako, Ibaraki Prefecture, where Jiang Xiaodong, a Chinese national, worked as an intern under a government-authorized training program and died in June 2008. The Kashima labor standards inspection office decided to recognize his death as a result of working long hours illegally. (Kyodo)

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