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Director(s):
SZTANKE (MICHAEL)
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Producer(s):
ARTE GEIE, ALTOUR PRODUCTION
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Territories:
Worldwide.
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Production year:
2018
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Language(s):
German, English, Spanish, French, Polish
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Rights:
TV, DVD, NON-THEATRICAL, INTERNET, VOD
The NHK confirmed – 4 years after the fact – that one of its journalists did die of a heart attack due to overwork. She had done 159 hours of overtime in one month.
On top of the severe public health problem it causes, hundreds of people die each year of kar?shi; a death caused by exhaustion at work. Heart attacks, strokes, suicides – kar?shi has made 191 victims in 2017 according to a government report. The national police has recorded more than 2.000 suicides for professional reasons. Death by overwork is a looming threat for one business out of five in Japan.