Overwork led to Olympic stadium construction worker's death: family

The family of a construction worker at the main Tokyo Olympic stadium has requested labor authorities recognize his death this spring as employment-related, claiming he killed himself because of overwork.The 23-year-old Tokyo construction firm employee died due to his heavy workload, exceeding 200 extra hours per month, the family's lawyer told a press conference on Thursday. Tokyo is rushing to build the stadium before the 2020 games after ballooning cost estimates led to design change-related delays.The groundbreaking of the National Stadium for the Olympic and Paralympic Games was pushed…READ FULL ARTICLE