Japanese reporter died after clocking 159 hours of overtime
October 5, 2017 9:21 AM
Japan's public broadcaster has revealed that one of its reporters died from overwork.
31-year-old political reporter Miwa Sado worked 159 hours of overtime. A month later, died from heart failure caused by spending long hours on the job.
Excessive hours are such a big problem that there's even a Japanese word for death by overwork: karoshi.
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