日本是一个以加班和过劳死闻名的国家。
近年来，日本企业为了让员工不加班、少熬夜，想了很多办法。
这些措施真的能改变日本人缺觉的现状吗？
在28个国家开展的一项调查发现，日本男性和女性平均每晚睡眠时间只有6小时35分钟，比国际平均水平少45分钟，这意味着日本人是全世界最缺觉的人。
失眠导致员工急躁易怒、生产效率低下。
据估计，员工失眠每年导致日本经济损失1380亿美元。
去年，IT服务供应商Nextbeat在东京的总部设立了两个"战略卧室”让员工休息，一个给女性，一个给男性。
Nextbeat的董事会成员澄川惠美子说：”睡觉能够和均衡的饮食和锻炼一样提高工作效率。
”婚庆策划公司Crazy还用积分奖励那些每晚至少睡六个小时的员工，这些积分可以用来换购公司食堂的食物。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 日本 | Rì běn | Japan |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 加班 | jiā bān | to work overtime |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 过劳死 | guò láo sǐ | karoshi (loanword from Japanese), death from overwork |
| 闻名 | wén míng | well-known / famous / renowned / eminent |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 近年 | jìn nián | recent year(s) |
| 来 | lái | ever since / for the past (amount of time) |
| 企业 | qǐ yè | company; firm; enterprise; corporation |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 员工 | yuán gōng | staff; personnel; employee |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 少 | shǎo | few / less |
| 熬夜 | áo yè | to stay up late or all night |
| 想 | xiǎng | to think (about) / to think of; to devise / to think (that); to believe (that) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 办法 | bàn fǎ | way of handling sth; means; measure; (practical) solution to a problem |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 措施 | cuò shī | measure / step |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 改变 | gǎi biàn | to change / to alter / to transform |
| 日本人 | Rì běn rén | Japanese person |
| 缺 | quē | to run short of |
| 觉 | jiào | a nap / a sleep |
| 现状 | xiàn zhuàng | current situation |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 开展 | kāi zhǎn | to launch / to develop / to unfold / (of an exhibition etc) to open |
| 项 | xiàng | classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc |
| 调查 | diào chá | investigation / inquiry / survey / (opinion) poll |
| 发现 | fā xiàn | to notice; to become aware of / to discover; to find; to detect |
| 男性 | nán xìng | the male sex / a male |
| 女性 | nǚ xìng | woman / the female sex |
| 平均 | píng jūn | average; on average |
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening / night |
| 睡眠 | shuì mián | sleep |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 只 | zhǐ | only; merely; just |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 小时 | xiǎo shí | hour |
| 分钟 | fēn zhōng | minute |
| 比 | bǐ | (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun} / (in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese) |
| 国际 | guó jì | international |
| 水平 | shuǐ píng | a standard; a level (of ability, development etc) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 意味着 | yì wèi zhe | to signify / to mean / to imply |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 失眠 | shī mián | to suffer from insomnia |
| 导致 | dǎo zhì | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about |
| 急躁 | jí zào | irritable; irascible / impetuous |
| 易 | yì | easy / amiable / prefix corresponding to the English adjective suffix "-able" or "-ible" |
| 怒 | nù | anger / fury |
| 生产 | shēng chǎn | to produce; to manufacture |
| 效率 | xiào lǜ | efficiency |
| 低下 | dī xià | low status / lowly |
| 据 | jù | according to |
| 估计 | gū jì | to estimate; to assess; to calculate / (coll.) to reckon; to think (that ...) |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 经济 | jīng jì | economic |
| 损失 | sǔn shī | to lose / to suffer damage |
| 亿 | yì | 100 million |
| 美元 | měi yuán | American dollar; US dollar |
| 去年 | qù nián | last year |
| 服务 | fú wù | service |
| 供应商 | gōng yìng shāng | supplier |
| 东京 | Dōng jīng | Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) |
| 总部 | zǒng bù | general headquarters |
| 设立 | shè lì | to set up; to establish |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 战略 | zhàn lüè | strategy |
| 卧室 | wò shì | bedroom |
| 休息 | xiū xi | to rest |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 董事会 | dǒng shì huì | board of directors |
| 成员 | chéng yuán | member |
| 澄川惠美子 | Chéng chuān Huì měi zi | A Japanese personal name, Emiko Sumikawa. |
| 说 | shuō | to speak; to talk; to say |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 能够 | néng gòu | can |
| 均衡 | jūn héng | equal / balanced |
| 饮食 | yǐn shí | eating and drinking / food and drink; diet |
| 锻炼 | duàn liàn | to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 提高 | tí gāo | to raise / to increase / to improve |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | job / work / task |
| 婚庆 | hūn qìng | wedding celebration |
| 策划 | cè huà | planning / producer / planner |
| 公司 | gōng sī | company; firm; corporation |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 用 | yòng | to use; to make use of; to employ / (coverb) with; using |
| 积分 | jī fēn | integral (calculus) / accumulated points (in sports, at school etc) / total credits earned by student / bonus points in a benefit scheme |
| 奖励 | jiǎng lì | to reward |
| 那些 | nà xiē | those |
| 至少 | zhì shǎo | at least / (to say the) least |
| 睡 | shuì | to sleep / to lie down |
| 六 | liù | six / 6 |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 换 | huàn | to exchange / to change / to substitute / to switch / to convert (currency) |
| 购 | gòu | to buy / to purchase |
| 食堂 | shí táng | dining hall; cafeteria |
| 食物 | shí wù | food |