10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «KAROSHI»
Discover the use of
karoshi in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
karoshi and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
How to Win the Lottery... by Not Playing
Did you ever wonder why you never won the lottery jackpot?Are you curious where all the money the lotteries generate goes to?This book will show you where the money goes and why you never win!
2
Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety
In 1988 a group of lawyers established the National Defense Counsel for Victims
of Karoshi (1990) and started telephone consultation to handle inquiries about
karoshi-related workers' compensation insurance. Uehata (1989) described ...
Jeanne Mager Stellman, 1998
3
Research Companion to Working Time and Work Addiction
Economic and employment conditions, karoshi (work to death) and the trend of
studies on workaholism in Japan Atsuko Kanai INTRODUCTION The purpose of
this chapter is to provide an overview of economic and employment conditions in
...
4
Unmasking Japan Today: The Impact of Traditional Values on ...
In fact, a growing number of workers are reported to have died of karoshi (death
due to the accumulation of fatigue caused by overwork). Karoshi is neither a
medical nor an official term but a word popularized since 1982 by the Japanese
mass ...
5
Buttonless: Incredible iPhone and iPad Games and the Stories ...
Things get especially interesting whenever Mr. Karoshi's boss and wife are
added into the mix. Whenever Mr. Karoshi touches his boss, he gets sad. As a
result the world becomes more dreary, and Mr. Karoshi loses his ability to jump
as high ...
Unlike other areas of medicine where statistics are meticulously kept by governments and global organizations, there are no accurate data to describe the number of the worlds inhabitants who are overweight, obese, or morbidly obese.
Margaret Rees, Mahantesh Karoshi, Louis Keith, 2009
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Oxford Handbook of Occupational Health
The concept of 'karoshi' or death from overwork originates in japan and refers to
sudden death in workers believed to have been caused by very long working
hours. There is limited research evidence to support this belief, at least in those ...
Julia Smedley, Finlay Dick, Steven Sadhra, 2013
8
Mind Over Medicine: Scientific Proof You Can Heal Yourself
Since that time, Japanese officials estimate that approximately 10,000 cases of
karoshi occur each year.3 Some lawyers and scholars claim that the number of
karoshi deaths in Japan equals or exceeds the number of traffic-accident
fatalities ...
9
250 Indie Games You Must Play
The Japanese term “karoshi” refers to situations where people literally work
themselves to death—hence, Jesse Venbrux's tough puzzle platformer
challenges you to kill the protagonist in a variety of ways on each level, from
landing on sharp ...
10
The Power of Doing Less: Why Time Management Courses Don't ...
On 30 November 2007 the Nagoya District Court in Japan 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. He collapsed at
4am at ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «KAROSHI»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
karoshi is used in the context of the following news items.
The crisis of democracy in Japan
... manga, otaku (cultural terms), kaizen, kanban, karoshi (business terms), and various other words such as tsunami, kamikaze, and hikikomori. «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
More than 1000 foreign trainees injured on the job in FY 2013
There have even been cases of “karoshi,” or death by overwork, of foreign trainees. The labor ministry's Labor Standards Inspection Office ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jul 15»
What Katie Did Next: In which I step off the career hamster wheel
The government in Japan, where karoshi (death by overwork) is an epidemic, will soon be introducing a law that requires workers to take their ... «Herald, Jul 15»
Answer these 20 questions to find out if you're a workaholic
Williams reports that in Japan, workaholism — known as “karoshi” — is estimated to cause 1,000 deaths per year and nearly 5% of the ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
Record number of workers suffer job-related mental illnesses
... which is considered the critical line for “karoshi” (death from overwork). Slightly more than 10 percent worked 160 hours or more of overtime a ... «Asahi Shimbun, Jun 15»
Government sets targets to tackle deaths by overwork
The government presented a draft outline of policies on prevention of death from overwork, or karoshi, to the Liberal Democratic Party and its ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
Goldman Sachs Interns No Longer Allowed To Work Past Midnight
Japan introduced a new law to prevent karoshi — death from overwork — which went into effect in November 2014. “The law makes it the duty ... «The Frisky, Jun 15»
Karoshi: Stroke, heart attacks and suicide attributed to overwork …
The Japanese call it karoshi and it kills hundreds of people a year. Official figures show that about 400 a year die from stroke, heart attack or ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
Giappone - Il ritorno del karoshi
Pochi giorni fa, il ministero del Welfare ha riconosciuto un indennizzo per morte da troppo lavoro a un lavoratore con contratto «atipico». Quello ... «China-Files, Jun 15»
This GEEKend: Karoshi-Con, Danger Room, and Trek Trivia
Karoshi-Con: Northern Illinois University's Anime Association has been holding this FREE convention since 2010. The event strives to keep its ... «ChicagoNow, Mar 15»
