It's kinda tough. Because animation does require a lot of hours to make. So cutting down their working hours would result in less anime being released or shorter episodes. They also seem not to mind it. Based on what she said.
But it's not healthy to work 7 days a week for 12 hours daily. The human body won't be able to take it eventually.
I also did some informal research, and no Japanese animators are not the lowest paid:
1. $6,000 monthly American animators
2. $1,666 monthly Korean animators
3. $800 monthly Japanese animators
4. $600 monthly Chinese animators
5. $300 monthly Filipino animators
I guess that's why Japan outsources the animation to other countries nowadays.
But it is shocking that a part-time job of a highschool student pays more than that of a full-time professional animator. (In Japan)
I think the solution is for anime to just make more money. According to her, anime companies have small budgets hence they can't afford to pay much. I guess if they bring in more profit they can have bigger budgets and hopefully some of that budget would go to salaries for the animators.