太可怕! 日本女記者一個月內加班159小時後死亡
Japan's public broadcaster has revealed that one of its reporters died from overwork.
日本公共廣播公司於近日透露,一名記者因工作過度而死。NHK said that labor officials had concluded that the 31-year-old political reporter died from heart failure caused by spending long hours on the job.
日本放送協會稱,據勞工官員得出的結論,這位31歲的政治報道記者死於因長時間工作而引起的心衰。Japan, known for its 'salaryman' culture and punishing work hours, has struggled for years to tackle the impact of overwork on employees' health.
以“工薪族”文化和嚴苛的工作時間而聞名的日本,多年來一直在努力解決過度工作對員工健康的影響。
Excessive hours are such a big problem that there's even a Japanese word for death by overwork: karoshi.
過長的工作時間是一個大問題,甚至有一個專門的日本詞彙:karoshi(過勞死)來形容工作過度造成的死亡。According to a news story published by NHK, Miwa Sado had worked 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death.
根據日本放送協會發布的新聞報道,在這位名叫佐戶未和的女記者去世前的一個月裏,她已經加班了159個小時。Labor lawyers and citizens groups have for decades pushed for changes to Japanese law to recognize karoshi as a serious social issue.
幾十年來,勞工律師和公民團體一直在致力於推動修改日本法律,以承認過勞死是一個嚴重的社會問題。Their efforts resulted in a 2014 law that called for better working conditions but didn't force companies to act.
他們的努力促成了2014年一項要求改善工作條件的法規,但並沒有強迫企業去踐行。