Are Tourists Next?
April 11, 2008 by John in In the News, Interesting/Trivia
Gotta love hate socialism. In Japan, That Donut Could Cost You Your Job:
To curtail Japan’s overweight population, the Japanese health ministry recently mandated that all waistlines among its 56 million workers over age 40 be below “regulation size” of 33.5 inches (for men). Any company failing to bring its employees’ weight under control–as well as the weights of their family members–will be fined up to 10% of its earnings by the government.
No word on whether this new policy applies to Sumo wrestlers. (Sumo wrestlers are mentioned in the article but not specifically in context of application of the policy.)
I probably haven’t had a 33″ waist since (early!) high school.