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NHK Employee Logged 159 Hours of Overtime in One Month Before Dying of Heart Failure at Age 31

posted by mrpg on Friday October 06 2017, @05:09AM   Printer-friendly
from the NEET-or-DEATH dept.

takyon writes:

An NHK employee died at age 31 after logging 159 hours of overtime and taking just two days off in the month before her death due to heart failure:

Japan has again been forced to confront its work culture after labour inspectors ruled that the death of a 31-year-old employee of the country's public broadcaster, NHK, had been caused by overwork.

Miwa Sado, who worked at the broadcaster's headquarters in Tokyo, logged 159 hours of overtime and took only two days off in the month leading up to her death from heart failure in July 2013.

A labour standards office in Tokyo later attributed her death to karoshi (death from overwork) but her case was only made public by her former employer this week. Sado's death is expected to increase pressure on Japanese authorities to address the large number of deaths attributed to the punishingly long hours expected of many employees.

The article mentions other instances of "karoshi", which can lead to heart failure, stroke, or suicide.

Miwa Sado was a political reporter for Japan's national public broadcaster NHK covering Tokyo and National Diet elections prior to her death. Japan, and particularly Tokyo, has been noted for the apathy of its voters.

Also at CNN and the Asahi Shimbun.

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  • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @05:45AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @05:45AM (#577830)

    No karoshi for me. I get plenty of sleep. I have no job. I have no friends. I live in my mother's house but I haven't spoken to her in ten years. I only ever go out at night to buy nutrition bars and energy drinks. Tonight I saw a rabbit.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Friday October 06 2017, @05:49AM (3 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Friday October 06 2017, @05:49AM (#577832) Journal

    You're not a NEET because you are currently undergoing astronaut training.

    Felon Musky has a special job for you on Mars.

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    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @06:12AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @06:12AM (#577840)

      Felon Musky has a special job for you on Mars.

      Mars as in 'the chocolate bar', right?
      Otherwise Felon can stick his job somewhere, no nutrition bars on Mars as yet, night time or day time.

    • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Saturday October 07 2017, @06:06PM (1 child)

      by linkdude64 (5482) on Saturday October 07 2017, @06:06PM (#578625)

      Hikki =/= NEET.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @06:52AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday October 06 2017, @06:52AM (#577850)

    At the end of the article they had links for people in the UK who may feel themselves at risk of such things..

    No, really..