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

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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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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…

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