A young Japanese political reporter died of “karoshi,” a Japanese term which literally means “death from overwork” after logging more than 159 hours of overtime in a single month, Japanese broadcaster NHK announced on Wednesday, Oct. 4.
A colleague found Miwa Sado collapsed in her bed clutching a cellphone in her hand after a monthlong work spree covering a regional and a national election, the Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported. The 31-year-old rarely complained, her parents said, but seemed increasingly anxious in the month leading up to her death.
