Some
construction workers in Tokyo take their 10 o'clock break. Japanese law in many
cases mandates a 10 minute break at 10 o'clock and 3 o'clock. These breaks normally
have a tendency to last something more along the lines of 20 to 30 minutes.
And then there is the normal unofficial 30 minute break at 5 o'clock prior to
doing any overtime, even in the work to be done during the overtime would take
even less time than that to accomplish.
You may have heard that Japanese work longer and harder than Americans. Many
in the know will tell you Japanese merely spend more time and use more people
to accomplish the same task.
