Educators are always expected to fulfill emotional responsibilities, such as caring for both children and their guardians and they frequently have to work on holidays or take their work home.

How about insisting on a 40 hour a week maximum then?

How can our educators function well if they themselves are emotionally and mentally sick because of work pressure?

I'm a licensed full-time teacher in Japan. As of 5 years ago, MEXT has made it mandatory for teachers to have 2 days off a week. We also have 35 paid holidays per annum along with 5 additional "mental health" days if needed. That's 40 days off above and beyond our 2 days per week and national holidays of which their are 15. That's 55 days off, as well as 2 days off per week. Overtime is also monitored remotely. We are requried to sign in digitally to ensure our school pays us for overtime. Overtime hours have been drastically reduced due to schools not wanting to pay overtime costs. I work on average 40~45 hours a week.