Each year, thousands of Japanese workers fall victim to `karoshi,` or death from overwork, CBS News reports. One such victim was engineer Satoshi Sekigawa, who took his own life in 2010. His father, Itsuo, is still in shock, grief-stricken and angry. Straight out of college, Satoshi proudly joined a prestigious manufacturer, but within a year he was dead. Investigators said working extreme hours drove him to suicide.`An `early` day for him was going home at 9 p.m. If work wasn`t finished, he`d stay until midnight.` - Itsuo Sekigawa Seven years later, Japanese people are still working themselves to death. This month, state broadcaster NHK revealed one of its reporters, 31-year-old Miwa Sado,...
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