T he new buzzphrase in Tokyo is" quality of life." For the past 45 years Japanese society has
devoted itself to rebuilding a war-shattered economy, and in the process it has become not …

Karoshi (death by overwork) is one of social medical terms, which used by survivors of
victims who attacked with cardiovascular diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction and …

The first case of karoshi was reported in 1969 with the death from a stroke of a 29-year-old,
married male worker in the shipping department of Japan's largest newspaper company. It …

No one was prepared for the tragedy that occurred on September 11th. The loss of life, the
collapse of two enormous buildings were overwhelming. No one could have been fully …

The Japanese language has all sorts of great words for which there is no English analogue.
One of my favorites is karoshi, which translates into" death from overwork." It sounds crazy …

Although it is not familiar by the western world,'karoshi'is a growing public issue in eastern
Asia including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and mainland China. 1–3 Defined in 1978 by …

Seven men, six wives, and a mother (mine) spent from September 3 to September 21 in
Beijing (formerly spelled Peking), Anshan, Shanghai, Hangtzou (Hankow), and Hong Kong …

Karoshi (death from overwork) is a sociological term used for cases in which an employee
who develops cerebrovascular and/or ischemic heart disease, or the family of an employee …

Abstract Ishii Jun, a Russian-speaking Japanese businessman, died from overwork because
perestroika dramatically increased USSR-Japan trade and thus increased his workload …

The relative risk of cardiovascular diseases among people exposed to stressful situations
has been duscussed, especially in relation to sudden deaths ocurring among middle-aged …