article_snippet: Now the government is trying to cut the number of people who drop dead at their desks by making holidays compulsory.
article_snippet: Laws currently being debated in Japanese parliament will make Japanese parliament illegal not to take at least five days of holiday a year.
article_snippet: The prime minister, Shinzo Abe, is not known for taking long vacations.
article_snippet: Yet even The prime minister, Shinzo Abe has spoken out against the unreasonable demands companies place on the unreasonable demands companies employees.
article_snippet: By the end of the decade, the government hopes the government will push Japanese employees towards following the example set by British workers, who use an average of 20 days' paid annual leave .
article_snippet: By the end of the decadethe decade, the government hopes the government will push Japanese employees towards following the example set by British workers, who use an average of 20 days' paid annual leave, and those in France, who take an average of 25.
article_snippet: The common view is working a lot and not taking holidays is macho but The Japanese government is saying The Japanese government don't think that is OK and there are consequences. '
highlights_snippet: Law being debated by Japanese parliament to ban taking less than five days holiday a year .
  