Karoshi or overwork, Japan's silent killer...

Sadako, a young woman working at an art gallery in Tokyo, said that she suffers from stress night and day.

"Employees work like crazy and the atmosphere is hectic, particularly in peak periods when everybody works late into the night," she said.

Even leaving the office is no relief. "Often we go out with colleagues at night to dwell on the bad things during the day and our problems with the bosses. There's no room to breathe." she said. More...

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