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過勞死
Japan firm raided after overwork suicide By Mari Yamaguchi ,AP
TOKYO -- Japanese authorities raided the country's top advertising agency Dentsu on Monday as they launched a criminal investigation into the suicide of a 24-year-old employee due to overwork on suspicion of systematic illegal overtime at the company.
Monday's investigation follows the government's recognition in late September that Matsuri Takahashi died of "karoshi," or death from overwork.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said investigators from the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry raided Dentsu Inc.'s Tokyo headquarters and three branch offices on suspicion the company broke the law by forcing Takahashi to engage in chronic overwork.
Investigators suspect widespread illegal overtime at the company. In Japan, labor officials can conduct criminal investigations and hand over cases to prosecutors for possible indictments.
Karoshi causes hundreds of deaths and illnesses every year in Japan despite efforts to curb overwork.
Labor officials found Takahashi's overtime pushed past 100 hours a month, way over 80 hours, a threshold for karoshi. But she reportedly was asked to report overtime only below the company's own monthly limit, which was 70 hours at the time.
On top of the 40-hour work week the labor standards law sets for most workers, as an exception that serves as a loophole companies can establish voluntary ceilings for overtime, making the law toothless.
At Dentsu and many other companies, much overtime routinely goes unreported, labor officials say.
karoshi
In Japan, karoshi means "death from overwork." The term is said to have originated in 1982 when three Japanese doctors published a book entitled Karoshi that noted many victims of overworking and included research into their deaths. The victims were young men that were otherwise healthy, but worked more than 60 hours a week on average and had died on the job from heart attacks and strokes.
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過勞死，源自日語 ，是一種職業性的突然死亡，因工作過度致積勞成疾而死。其原因為由壓力引起的心臟病發作，或是長期疲倦所導致的中風致死。第一宗有紀錄的過勞死個案發生於日本，當中一名工作在日本最大的報紙公司二十九歲的海外運輸部男員工，在他工作期間突然中風身亡。事件最初不為留意，直到1980年代泡沫經濟破滅，同公司幾位較高職位的行政人員正值壯年，卻在沒有明顯疾病的情況下猝死。當地傳媒馬上針對事件報導，並很快把這種現象稱為「過勞死」。在1987年，由於過勞死現象受到大眾的廣泛關注，日本勞動省不得不就因工作猝死的人數作出統計。
台灣過勞死的現象在於資方濫用責任制，使員工不得不超時工作以免被遣散。2011年台灣為減低過勞死，開始讓員工超時工作的資方加以罰則，但被資方認為是妨礙投資。
「歹年冬 搞蕭郎」
Modern Insanity: What Really Makes Us Crazy By Robin Nixon
Last month, researchers found that schizophrenics were more likely to have been subjected to influenza in the womb than healthy individuals. Other common experiences can also drive away our wits, long after we are out of diapers.
In fact, the typical American lifestyle teems with risk factors for mental illness, says Stephen Ilardi, a psychologist at the University of Kansas and author of "The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program to Beat Depression without Drugs" (DeCapo Press, 2009). But we can protect ourselves by adopting the habits of our distant ancestors, he said.
"In modern life, our environment is continually activating the brain's stress response," Ilardi said, bombarded as we are by email, tragic news and interpersonal demands. Certain circuits in the brain react to stress as if it is an infection, triggering social withdrawal, inflammation and potentially leading to brain damage in areas such as the hippocampus, the frontal cortex and the basal ganglia, Ilardi said.
For primal protection from modern insanity, try to:
Get more Zzzzs
A century ago, Americans were averaging nine hours of sleep every night. These days, according to the National Sleep Foundation, many people get less than seven, a trend that has been linked to an overall decline in mental health. Strive to get 8 to10 hours of sleep each night to help your brain and body fully recuperate.
Seek social support
While our distant ancestors likely enjoyed being the best at something, say the best gooseberry spotter among their community of 50 to 100 individuals, in "today's global village of 6.5 billion people, nobody is the best at anything," Ilardi said. Finding a niche in a subset community may dissuade this inevitable ego knocker as well as provide other mental health goodies, such as halting rumination.
Interrupt circle-think
Focusing on a problem or discomfort can be adaptive; it helps us find solutions. But when we become fixated, the repetitive stress can erode our ability to rebound. Rumination, Ilardi says, is particularly common when we're alone, a state familiar to many inhabitants of developed countries. In contrast, our ancient ancestors rarely went solo. Having company or partaking in engaging activities can stop ruminative thoughts in their tracks.
Walk it off
We evolved as recreational athletes. Our ancestors not only spent much of the day engaged in moderate aerobic activity but also undertook regular weight-bearing chores, such as digging ditches and building huts. Studies have shown, just 90 minutes of exercise a week can be as effective as psych-medicines such as Zoloft.
Develop a world view
While research on the relationship between religion and mental health is inconclusive, individuals who have a global framework — a way of understanding the world, whether it be religious, philosophical or scientific — may have an increased ability to withstand blows to their mental health, Ilardi said.
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