Sayonara to the 6-Day Workweek
<i> Associated Press</i>
TOKYO —
A five-day workweek for government employees starts today in Japan, and senior officials replying to a survey saw the change as likely to help shorten working hours for Japanese in general.
In 1987, Japanese worked an average of 2,150 hours a year, compared to 1,924 hours for Americans and 1,655 hours for West Germans.
Japanese working hours declined to an average of 2,006 last year, the Labor Ministry says, and the government hopes for a reduction to 1,800 by next year.
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