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Economy

Japan looks to pay employers to set shorter workdays

TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is proposing a new subsidy for companies that set a minimum interval between the time employees leave work and when they return the following morning.

The idea is to alleviate overwork, a theme of the government's push for greater productivity, by reducing late nights and early mornings at the office.

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