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Japan Has a Word for ‘Working to Death’

MINIMUM RAGE

A young woman’s suicide has sparked a backlash against the country’s labor conditions. But death by overwork is so common there’s even a word for it: karoshi.

Published Feb. 3 2017 12:00AM EST

articles/2017/02/03/japan-has-a-word-for-working-to-death/170202-adelstein-japan-tease_i81grc — Reuters

Jake Adelstein

Jake Adelstein

Mari Yamamoto

Mari Yamamoto

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