Family of doctor who committed suicide due to overwork files suit against management corporation and hospital director, Osaka District Court. Sengo Takashima (then 26 years old), a doctor who worked at Konan Medical Center in Higashinada Ward, Kobe City, who passed away in May of last year.
He worked overtime for at least 236 hours in the month leading up to his death, working 100 days in a row, and also preparing presentations at academic conferences under the guidance of his superiors, which were extremely long hours.