Sunday Legal Briefs

[May 20, 2012, 3:54 pm ET] - Share - Viewing Comments

Ex-Capcom Developer Claims Harassment Led to Suicide Attempt. Thanks Joao via Forbes.

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Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 21, 2012, 06:27

Prez

The rumors about working conditions in Japanese corporations have been making the rounds for as long as I can remember. I highly doubt that they are all entirely bogus.




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Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 20, 2012, 22:53

Charlie_Six

I dunno man, doesn't seem like a big deal to me
0.0002% of Japanese people kill themselves
0.0001% of American people kill themselves




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Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 20, 2012, 21:00

ASeven

This reminds me of Aokigahara. Google/YT if you dare, the product of a society centered on the group and not the individual.

Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 20, 2012, 19:59

Charlie_Six

naw it's #7 at 23 per 100,000 people. The US is around 10 per 100,000 people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_suicide_rate

Apparently Switzerland had a higher suicide rate in the 1970s for some reason.




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Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 20, 2012, 19:23

Smellfinger

Fantaz wrote on May 20, 2012, 16:54: Something seems to be very very wrong at Capcom lately... They're pretty normal as far as Japanese corporations go. Japan has the highest suicide rate in the world and most of them are work related. Strange culture.

Re: Sunday Legal Briefs

May 20, 2012, 16:54

Fantaz

Something seems to be very very wrong at Capcom lately...




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