Extreme pressure on salarymen can lead to death by overwork, or "karōshi". Salarymen feel intense pressure to fulfill their duty to support their family because of the gendered expectations placed on men. According to a "Washington Post" article, the Japanese government attempted for years to set a limit to the number of hours one can work, and the issue has been prevalent since the 1970s. In 2014, after 30 years of activism, Japan's parliament (the Japanese Diet) passed a law "promoting countermeasures against karōshi."