Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications officials commit suicide “Due to long working hours” Parents apply for public accidents October 9 21:13

At the time of working for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, a 31-year-old career bureaucrat committed suicide due to overwork due to long working hours.

At the time I worked for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, I filed for a public service accident. A so-called career bureaucrat's parents at the age of 31 met on behalf of an attorney at law.

According to this, in March, five years ago, when he was the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Minister's Secretariat Planning Division, he found himself committing suicide in his home apartment in Tokyo.

At that time, men seemed to have developed depression due to the consumption tax hike, etc., and the overtime work for the previous month was 135 hours.

The parents had asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications to investigate the cause of the death of the man, but since there was no explanation even after five years, he applied for a public service accident as suicide due to overwork caused by long working hours.

According to the representative, the man's father appealed directly to the Secretary-General of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications on the 9th.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, government officials' official disasters are recognized by internal surveys for each ministry and agency. Over the past five years, only a few people have been certified as overworked or overworked.

Attorney Hiroto Kawahito, the agent, said, “The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was unrecognized and the male survey was left unattended. There is a problem with the system that requires the workplace to be certified for public accidents.” .

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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications commented, “I pray for the condolences of the deceased staff and regret the bereaved family members. The