than Japan with the average being 42. This has caused many workers to feel the pressure of their jobs which has taken a toll on both their physical and mental health. Many have died from being overworked and the issue has only begun to gain more national attention due to many government workers having died from gwarosa. In 2018, the South Korean government enacted a law cutting working hours from 68 to 52. Sweden In Sweden the deaths due to excessive stress at work is expected to increase from the current level in the future. A study conducted with researchers in cooperation with The Swedish work environment authority in 2019 concluded that 720 workers in Sweden already die due to stress from engaging in wage labour. This study sparked an increased amount of public debate. See also Japan Japanese management culture Japanese work environment Black company (Japanese term) Suicide in Japan Japanese labour law General Critique of work Eight-hour day Four-day workweek Occupational burnout Occupational stress Right to rest and leisure Stress (biological) Six hour day Suicide crisis Workaholic Notes External links Japan Work Culture Report on Karoshi (1997) from the Job Stress Network website of the Center For Social Epidemiology (Link not working.) Japan working itself to an early grave(statistics for 2006) Article in The Economist, December 2007 Yahoo! News article, 7/8/2008 Picture of a T-shirt warning of karoshi 1969 introductions Causes of death Society of Japan Japanese business terms Economy of Japan Culture-bound syndromes Occupational stress Working time Death in Japan Employment in Japan Japanese words and phrases Work–life balance Occupational hazards