太可怕! 日本女記者一個月內加班159小時後死亡

Japan's public broadcaster has revealed that one of its reporters died from overwork.

日本公共廣播公司於近日透露，一名記者因工作過度而死。

NHK said that labor officials had concluded that the 31-year-old political reporter died from heart failure caused by spending long hours on the job.

日本放送協會稱，據勞工官員得出的結論，這位31歲的政治報道記者死於因長時間工作而引起的心衰。

Japan, known for its 'salaryman' culture and punishing work hours, has struggled for years to tackle the impact of overwork on employees' health.

以“工薪族”文化和嚴苛的工作時間而聞名的日本，多年來一直在努力解決過度工作對員工健康的影響。

Excessive hours are such a big problem that there's even a Japanese word for death by overwork: karoshi.

過長的工作時間是一個大問題，甚至有一個專門的日本詞彙：karoshi（過勞死）來形容工作過度造成的死亡。

According to a news story published by NHK, Miwa Sado had worked 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death.

根據日本放送協會發布的新聞報道，在這位名叫佐戶未和的女記者去世前的一個月裏，她已經加班了159個小時。

Labor lawyers and citizens groups have for decades pushed for changes to Japanese law to recognize karoshi as a serious social issue.

幾十年來，勞工律師和公民團體一直在致力於推動修改日本法律，以承認過勞死是一個嚴重的社會問題。

Their efforts resulted in a 2014 law that called for better working conditions but didn't force companies to act.

他們的努力促成了2014年一項要求改善工作條件的法規，但並沒有強迫企業去踐行。