Japan: Dentsu head to quit in January over employee’s ‘death by overwork’

Inc, Japan’s top advertising agency, said on Wednesday he would step down in January over what the government has deemed the “death by overwork” of a 24-year-old employee. “It is extremely regrettable that we could not prevent overwork by a new recruit In order to take full responsibility, I would like to resign as president at a board meeting in January,” Tadashi Ishii told a news conference.