31-year-old female reporter Miwa Sado from NHK died from a sudden heart attack caused by excessive hours of working in the month before her death.
According to a news story published by NHK, Miwa Sado had worked 159 hours of overtime in the month before her death. Responsible for covering the Tokyo metropolitan assembly elections and national upper house elections in June and July 2013, Miwa Sado was swamped with a plethora of tasks, such as interviewing multiple election candidates, covering stories of rallies and attending result prediction conference organized by different parties. In the month before her death, she had worked overtime for 159 hours and took only two rest days until she passed away on July 24.
In its own broadcast yesterday, NHK admitted Sado’s death was caused by ‘Karoshi’, which literally means ‘death from overwok’ in Japanese. It was reported that Sado’s colleague had held a farewell party for her as she was assigned to NHK’s division in Yokohama. She was found in a coma the next day in her home by a friend who failed to contact her. The Shibuya Labor Standard has confirmed the cause of death is Karoshi in May 2014.
Originally keeping their daughter’s death a secret, Sado’s parents changed their mind in hopes of forcing society to face this deadly and all-time social problem, when they heard another young woman had killed herself because of overwork and the resultant depression. The subsequently requested NHK to report the story on their news.
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR driver Kyle Busch died Thursday at 41, three days before he was set to run the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Here is what to know:
At this point, the cause of death has not been released and details remain limited.
What is known is that Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on Wednesday when he became unresponsive and was taken to a hospital in Charlotte, several people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because details have not been disclosed by Busch’s team or family.
Busch was thought to have had a sinus cold. While racing May 10 at Watkins Glen, Busch radioed his team requesting a “shot” from a doctor after he finished. Per the TV broadcast, Busch had been struggling with a sinus cold that was exacerbated by the intense G-forces and elevation changes at the New York road course.
It's unclear if that issue had something to do with his death.
Busch did race last weekend and won the Trucks Series race at Dover and finished 17th in the NASCAR All-Star race. That would be his final race.
Busch won 234 races across NASCAR's three national series — more than any driver in history. He won Cup season championships in 2015 and 2019 for Joe Gibbs Racing.
His first championship was particularly impressive. Busch missed the first 11 Cup races of the 2015 season after breaking his right leg and left foot following a crash at Daytona, but came back to win five races to qualify for the playoffs before capturing the title at Homestead.
No. NASCAR officials confirmed that the 400-lap race will continue on as planned Sunday night at the 1 1/2-mile track at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Earlier in the day, RCR had announced that Austin Hill would replace Busch in the No. 8 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1.
Yes, speedway officials said they plan to honor Busch “in some way” this weekend at the Coca-Cola 600, but details were still being ironed out.
AP freelance writer and former AP auto racing writer Jenna Fryer in Indianapolis contributed to this report.
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A flag is raised in honor of the late driver Kyle Busch outside of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
An in memoriam photo of former driver Kyle Busch is displayed on the video board of the backstretch at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Friday, May 22, 2026, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Matt Kelley)
FILE - Kyle Busch waits in Victory Lane after winning the pole position for the NASCAR Cup series auto race at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, N.C., Thursday, May 24, 2018. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)
FILE - Kyle Busch drinks champagne after winning the Nationwide series championship and the NASCAR Ford 300 Nationwide series auto race at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Terry Renna, File)
FILE - Kyle Busch celebrates his win in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' Autism Speaks 400 auto race, Sunday, May 16, 2010, in Dover, Del. (AP Photo/Nick Wass, File)
FILE - Kyle Busch waits for the start of a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race Saturday, June 19, 2021, in Lebanon, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)
