Legacy of economic miracle “Karoshi syndrome” crisis in Japan labor market

Abstract

This article was collected data about factor that support Japan economic miracle help Japan rapidly improvement after damage of WWII. External factors include with affect of Korean War on Japan economic. Oil Crisis effect to increased demand of Japanese automobile. Fixed Japanese Yen that lead into Plaza accord. Result of Plaza accord lead into Japanese Yen appreciation. Become great opportunities for Japanese’s firm to expand into worldwide. Internal factors Japanese management style that includes of Lifetime employee, seniority-based wage, labour union that conduct relationship between employee and corporation. Cause employee individual problem like Karoshi syndrome sudden death from work hard or decide to suicide cause of stress and pressure of workload. Even government and private sector in Japan try to solve Karoshi but it still in severe level. However, direction of development trend grows in positive way.