Kin of Chinese man seek compensation for his death from overwork

TOKYO, Japan - Lawyer Shoichi Ibusuki (L) holds up a photo of a daughter of Jiang Xiaodong, a Chinese man who died of heart failure last year in Ibaraki Prefecture, during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 7. Jiang's relatives filed for compensation at a local labor standards inspection office the same day, claiming that his long working hours as a vocational trainee at a plating company in the prefecture caused his death.

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