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207 Hours Overtime: Japanese Man in Kobe Worked to Death (unseen-japan.com)

submitted 2 years ago by stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

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[–] philpo@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah, let's not forget that the residency system was designed by someone who took massive amounts of cocaine....and back then the concentration of work was not nearly as bad....