太可怕! 日本女记者一个月内加班159小时后死亡
Japan's public broadcaster has revealed that one of its reporters died from overwork.
日本公共广播公司于近日透露,一名记者因工作过度而死。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.
日本放送协会称,据劳工官员得出的结论,这位31岁的政治报道记者死于因长时间工作而引起的心衰。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”文化和严苛的工作时间而闻名的日本,多年来一直在努力解决过度工作对员工健康的影响。
Excessive hours are such a big problem that there's even a Japanese word for death by overwork: karoshi.
过长的工作时间是一个大问题,甚至有一个专门的日本词汇:karoshi(过劳死)来形容工作过度造成的死亡。According to a news story published by NHK, Miwa Sado had worked 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death.
根据日本放送协会发布的新闻报道,在这位名叫佐户未和的女记者去世前的一个月里,她已经加班了159个小时。Labor lawyers and citizens groups have for decades pushed for changes to Japanese law to recognize karoshi as a serious social issue.
几十年来,劳工律师和公民团体一直在致力于推动修改日本法律,以承认过劳死是一个严重的社会问题。Their efforts resulted in a 2014 law that called for better working conditions but didn't force companies to act.
他们的努力促成了2014年一项要求改善工作条件的法规,但并没有强迫企业去践行。