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A medical resident worked 207 hours of overtime in a month. His case highlights Japan's continuing problem with karoshi - death by overwork.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Even here in Canada we may run to that problem shortly. The cost of living here has gotten so high. At least everyday items weren't bad when housing prices were but everything has gone up in the last year I've been seeing articles on immigrants moving back because of how expensive it is here. They got no money to send back let alone for themselves.