Death from overwork, known as "karoshi," has steadily increased since the Health Ministry first recognized the phenomenon in 1987.
Its corporate equivalent is karoshi, “death by overwork”.
The news about death by overwork in Japan, or karoshi, is just one example that emphasizes the importance of taking a break from school or work.
On November 30th the Nagoya District Court accepted Hiroko Uchino's claim that her husband, Kenichi, a third-generation Toyota employee, was a victim of karoshi when he died in 2002 at the age of 30.
defines karoshi as @a condition in which psychologically unsound work processes are allowed to continue in a way that disrupts the worker's normal work and life rhythms.
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