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8 Oct 2017

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Kyodo, Japan

Court orders Dentsu to pay $4,400 fine over illegal working hours that led to suicide of 24-year-old recruit

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...  “I am keenly aware of the severity of (our) responsibility and take the ruling gravely. I again offer my sincerest apologies,” Dentsu President Toshihiro Yamamoto told a news conference following the trial. Takahashi’s mother Yukimi told reporters, “I do not trust Dentsu” to implement steps to improve its labor conditions. “I hope society as a whole will continue to monitor” the company. She also said she hopes for a change in current law that would strengthen penalties when an employee dies. ...