Gov't survey shows most convenience store owners in Japan overworked english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 2 hours ago - 22:45 | All, JapanA government survey on convenience store operations showed Tuesday that most store owners are overworked, with 85 percent of them saying they work six days or more a week.
The survey was conducted in August on 3,645 franchise store owners and 500 employees.
According to the survey, 66 percent of store owners said they have "less than a day" off from work per week, and 19 percent have one day off.
As for work hours, 29 percent of store owners and 56 percent of store owners' family members who help run the outlets said they work 12 hours or longer a day.
Many store owners surveyed complained of a heavy workload because their duties include not only attending to customers but restocking merchandise which is typically delivered during late hours.