By Mariko Katsumura and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, oft.
Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking 40 straight hours on the road. He says the work is tough but a source of pride, and one he’s never thought of quitting until now.
Drivers such as Tomita say the law will instead lead to an exodus from an occupation where most need those extra hours to pay the bills. That has sparked fears of what those in retail and logistics call the "2024 crisis": a critical shortage of truck drivers that, if unaddressed, could leave a third of all cargo undelivered and result in a potential 10 trillion yen ($76 billion) hit to the world's third-largest economy by 2030, by government estimates.
Ground-shaking blasts shook different areas of Gaza, as Israel said its jets hit targets including tunnels and weapons manufacturing sites of Hamas, the Islamist group which controls the blockaded southern coastal strip. Japan's crackdown on truck driver overtime raises fears of economic breakdown Truck driver Yuichi Tomita has been delivering packages all over Japan for two decades, often clocking 40 straight hours on the road.