People in Japan have a reputation for being able to sleep anywhere and at the touch of a button. “Inemuri” is the name of the intermediate nap. The two characters combine ‘being present’ and ‘sleeping’. Such a power grab has long been considered healthy and a sign of hard work in the world’s third-largest economy.
But overall, Japanese researchers warn that the country’s citizens are not getting enough sleep. According to a government survey cited on Sunday by Japan’s Kyodo news agency, 45.5 percent of Japan’s working population sleeps less than six hours a night. However, fatigue has a negative impact on the psyche, among other things.
Own word for death from overwork
Last year there were a record number of 710 compensation cases related to mental disorders caused by overwork, which in extreme cases can lead to suicide, the report said. Death from overwork has its own word in Japan: Karoshi.
It is necessary to “correct long working hours and give employees more sleep” to stay mentally healthy, the Kyodo agency quoted a Japanese Health Ministry official as saying.
Japanese experts have been warning for some time about the chronic lack of sleep among their fellow countrymen. The whole nation suffers from it. Accordingly, Japanese people sleep noticeably less on average than people in other countries.
Source: Krone
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