The document discusses the health issues that can arise from long work hours, including heart disease, heart attack, depression, and suicidal thoughts. It provides sources that long hours can cause illness. It also notes that in 2015, a Japanese woman took her own life while suffering from depression and overwork. In response, the Japanese government placed new limits on overtime to prevent people from working excessive hours that could threaten their health and safety.

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Theme
Illness from working too many
hours.

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Research
Long hours of work can cause health issues.
• Heart disease
• Heart attack
• Depression
• Suicidal thoughts
• “Karoshi”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2011/0
8/23/is-stress-from-overwork-wrecking-your-
heart/#7f63d4806140
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/13
0802165603.htm

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December, 2015 – Matsuri Takahashi takes her
own life while suffering from depression.
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2016/11/09/e
ditorials/overtime-woes-dentsu/#.WJkMolMrLDc
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/wp-
content/uploads/2016/10/n-dentsu-a-20161008.jpg
Japanese office
workers report 80+
hours of overtime.

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Government action places a limit on overtime
hours.
• USA – 40 hour week
• Japan – 45 hour week
• EU – 48 hour week
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/japans-
government-brings-in-overtime-limit-to-stop-people-
working-themselves-to-death-a3454916.html
https://www.dol.gov/whd/overtime_pay.htm

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