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This week, Max talks with Beza Zenebe, one of the co-managing editors at NUPR, about confounding problem of overwork in Japan and the rest of the world. We discuss why western media often fixates on overwork in Japan and discuss some potential solutions. To read more, check out Beza’s piece “Japan’s Vicious Death By Overwork Cycle” in the Global section.
Music: « Funky Element » from Bensound.com.
Believe it or not, candidates have already started jockeying for the 2016 presidential race. Here is a quick look at which candidates have taken the early lead in the race for 2016. The Republicans: Paul Ryan The conservative heartthrob is almost certain to run in the 2016 campaign. He is now a household name and […]
In July 2013, Miwa Sado logged 159 hours of overtime work and took only two days off. She then died of heart failure. Less than two years later, Matsuri Takahashi died by suicide after consistently logging more than one hundred overtime hours per month. Before her suicide, she tweeted “I want to die” and “I’m […]
