article_snippet: In Japan working yourself to death is so common they even have a name for it - karoshi.
article_snippet: six workers clock up punishingly long hours with 22 per cent of Japanese working more than 49 hours a week, compared with 16 per cent of Americans and 11 per cent of French and Germans, according to data compiled by the Japanese government.
article_snippet: A video showing the brutal reality of a Tokyo 'salaryman' doing 80 hour working week recently went viral on YouTube, scoring 738,630 views.
article_snippet: Japanese workers pack the subway - 22 per cent of Japanese work more than 49 hours a week .
article_snippet: a 24-year-old man named Stuart, who works for a financial company said: 'There are definitely people in Tokyo who do this all year round in order to support people in Tokyo who do this all year round in order to support their families families.
article_snippet: But working in Japan involves quite a lot of a volunteer spirit.'
article_snippet: Japan's working culture, Abe said recently, 'falsely beatifies long hours'.
article_snippet: Japan's working culture,  'falsely beatifies long hours' according to Abe Abe .
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture is really messed up.
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture work long hours and have really long commutes.
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture have been a nation of workaholics since WWII.
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture were proud of it,  but it has a human cost. '
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture healthy diet with a lot of fish oil means
article_snippet: The Japanese work culture are also suffering depression and anxiety caused by overwork.