Karoshi

From Wikicliki
Jump to: navigation, search

Karoshi or 過労死 can be translated literally from Japanese as "death from overwork" or occupational sudden death. Although this category has a significant count, Japan is one of the few countries that reports it in the statistics as a separate category. The major medical causes of karōshi deaths are heart attack and stroke due to stress.

Japan's rise from the devastation of World War II to economic prominence in the post-war decades has been regarded as the trigger for what has been called a new epidemic. It was recognized that employees cannot work for twelve or more hours a day, six or seven days a week, year after year, without suffering physically as well as mentally. A recent measurement found that a Japanese worker has approximately two hours overtime a day on average. In almost all cases, the overtime is unpaid.

Conclusion

NEED TO LEARN HOW TO BECOME AN UNCARING IRRESPONSIBLE LOUT


BUT... IT IS NOT IN MY NATURE?...