Waka Ikeda is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist and researcher/journal manager at the Youth Research Institute (YRI), a research organization in Budapest.
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Japan wants its people to work more and more
Leaders preach toil as citizens burn out; true reform values life, not just labor
A Japanese family pose in the street in Tokyo's Asakusa district during the Sanja Matsuri on May 19, 2024. © Getty Images
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