Japan’s Dentsu advertising agency charged over employee suicide 単語

投稿者: | 2017年7月9日

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-40541609

charged (議論などが)熱のこもった 激しい

charged over ~を問う

 

One of Japan’s leading advertising agencies has been charged over the death of an employee from overwork.

leading 導く

 

Dentsu is accused of violating labour standards after Matsuri Takahashi, 24, killed herself in 2015.

be accused of   ~で告発されている

violating  破る 犯す 違反する

 

Her friends said Ms Takahashi – who had been at the firm for less than a year – claimed to be so busy she slept just 10 hours a week.

the firm 会社

for less than a year 一年足らずで

 

Death from overwork is relatively common in Japan, where it has its own word: karoshi.

relatively 比較的

Ms Takahashi is reported to have worked 100 hours of overtime a month for some time before her death.

 

She died on Christmas day 2015. According to reports, a note left behind for her mother included the line: “Why do things have to be so hard?”

 

The Asahi Shimbun newspaper said the company was being charged over illegal overtime, and that prosecutors were seeking a fine.

prosecutor 検察官

seek 探す

fine 罰金

 

That would effectively end the investigation, Kyodo news agency reported.

investigation 調査

 

The case against Dentsu targets the corporate entity, but not any individuals.

against に対して 反して ぶつかって

corporate entity 法人

 

But Kyodo news agency quoted Ms Takahashi’s mother as saying she was “unconvinced” about the lack of charges for her daughter’s superiors.

quote 引用する

unconvinced 確信していない

superiors 上司

charges 料金

 

The high-profile case has led to renewed calls for changes to Japan’s notoriously long working hours and illegal unpaid overtime.

the high-profile 大変な事件

notoriously 悪名高い 悪名が知れ渡るほどに

renew 生まれ変わらせる 更生させる

 

Officially, there are several hundred cases of karoshi each year, although campaigners say the real number is even higher.

even + 比較級 いっそう さらに

 

Dentsu has made a number of reforms in the aftermath of Ms Takahashi’s case, reported to include turning off the lights at 22:00 every night in a bid to force employees to leave.

aftermath 状態 余波

bid 命じる

 

The agency’s chief executive, Tadashi Ishii, offered his resignation last December over the controversy.

resignnation 辞表

controversy 議論

over によって で 巡って

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