Comments on: Sleep deprivation costs the Japanese economy 3.5 trillion yen (30.7 billion dollars) a year, mainly in lost productivity.

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Less Sleep, More Work Hours : Japan Probe — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:03:22 +0000

[...] has been estimated that sleep deprivation costs the Japanese economy more 30 trillion US dollars a year, and some newly released survey results show that this figure could be on the increase: The amount [...]

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Less Sleep, More Work Hours : Japan Probe — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:03:22 +0000

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Japan Probe — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:11:56 +0000

[...] As you may have read earlier, lack of sleep deprivation is a major problem for the Japanese economy. Well, the Washington Post and the United Press are reporting that the Japanese have discovered a fabulous half-assed solution to this problem: napping at work! Images of exhausted executives conked out inside coffeehouses or on buses or subways during long commutes home have long been a fixture of Japan’s urban landscape. But the office power nap was anathema to Japan, even as the concept became popular in the United States and Europe. Naohisa Uchimura, a sleep specialist at Kurume University in southern Japan, said that began to change in 2003 after a bullet-train conductor made headlines by nodding off at the controls. Though automatic train mechanisms prevented an accident, the driver’s inability to get enough sleep at night started a heated national debate. [...]

By: Japan Probe

Japan Probe — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 01:11:56 +0000

[...] As you may have read earlier, lack of sleep deprivation is a major problem for the Japanese economy.� Well, the Washington Post and the United Press are reporting that the Japanese have discovered a fabulous half-assed solution to this problem: napping at work! Images of exhausted executives conked out inside coffeehouses or on buses or subways during long commutes home have long been a fixture of Japan’s urban landscape. But the office power nap was anathema to Japan, even as the concept became popular in the United States and Europe. Naohisa Uchimura, a sleep specialist at Kurume University in southern Japan, said that began to change in 2003 after a bullet-train conductor made headlines by nodding off at the controls. Though automatic train mechanisms prevented an accident, the driver’s inability to get enough sleep at night started a heated national debate. [...]