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Japan Is Working Itself to Death; Is the U.S. Next?
Japanese workers are losing their lives to an entirely preventable condition: Karoshi. Defined - as death caused by working too much, or job-related exhaustion, karoshi has become a public-health crisis that Japan can no longer ignore. With nearly 25% of the country’s employees working more than 80 hours of overtime per month, as reported by the - BBC - , Japan has recognized that it needs to create...
July 6, 2019