日本政府要求上班族每週五下午3點下班

Japan's government is urging employees to leave the office early every last Friday of the month, hoping to crackdown on a culture of workaholics while providing a shot in the arm for the economy.

日本政府正敦促上班族在每週五早點下班，希望以此使工作狂文化不再流行，同時給經濟增長打下了一針興奮劑。

The Premium Friday campaign, which launched this week, is calling on workers to leave the office at 3pm once a month, and spend time with family, dine out or go shopping, according to Japan Times.

據《日本時報》報道，這周發起的“優質星期五”活動呼籲上班族在每個月中能有一次下午3點就下班，在多出來的空餘時間裏多陪陪自己的家人，外出下館子或者去購物。

It is hoped that the initiative will encourage people to spend more money on food, in shops and on travel. All Nippon Airways, the country's largest airline, is offering special discounts from Friday in a bid to entice people to take trips.

政府希望該活動能夠鼓勵人們在食品、購物和旅行上有更多的花費。日本最大的航空公司全日本航空爲了吸引人們外出旅遊，在週五會給出售的機票打特殊的折扣。

"We hope this will encourage people to rest and to leave the office earlier," an ANA spokeswoman told Japan Times.

全日本航空一位女發言人在接受《日本時報》採訪時表示：“我們希望這可以鼓勵人們早點下班去休息，”

"Participation by the government and companies is needed to push forward reforms (in the working culture)," she added.

她補充說道：“工作文化方面改革的推進需要政府和企業們的支持。”

The campaign is part of a general push by the government to limit excessive working hours following the suicide of an employee at ad agency Dentsu that was reportedly ruled to be a "death by overwork", and cast a harsh spotlight on Japan's deeply entrenched problem of overtime and burnout.

政府發起該活動的目的是限制員工們的上班時間，因爲此前曾經有關於日本電通公司的員工由於工作時間過長而自殺的報道，這是一起典型的“過勞死”事件，它使民衆關注到日本存在的根深蒂固的加班時間過長的嚴重問題。

The president of Dentsu stepped down in the wake of the tragic incident and the company has since announced new measures such as switching off the office lights between 10pm and 5am.

這一悲劇事件發生以後，日本電通的總裁就辭職了，並且該公司自此推行了一些新措施，例如晚上十點到次日凌晨五點不準有人上班。