”40代社員の自殺、「長時間労働などが原因」　地裁が労災認定,” 26 March 2025

[Unofficial description by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

The Nagoya District Court ruled that the suicide of a male employee in his 40s who worked for a subsidiary of Aisin Takaoka, a major manufacturer affiliated with Toyota Motor Corporation, was an industrial accident and overturned a decision not to pay compensation.

In November, just before his suicide, he had worked overtime more than 85 hours, without weekends off, and was forced to work every day. The police said that the man's suicide was due to the fact that he had multiple difficult tasks and worked long hours.

The court found that the team's employees had under-reported their working hours, and determined that the man was also presumably under-reporting his hours in order to stay within regulations on overtime work.

Aisin Takaoka said, "We will refrain from commenting as we are currently verifying the facts."