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Title: Karoshi


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Karoshi
  • By Naomi Latorraca

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What Is Karoshi?
  • Karoshi is a Japanese form of suicide.
  • Karoshi was first formally practiced during the
    times of shoguns and samurai in Japan.
  • Anybody was allowed to or could be asked to
    commit suicide.

3
Why Did Samurai Perform Karoshi?
  • Samurai performed karoshi to
  • please their masters.
  • get rid of his or her shame in life.
  • gain respect for his or her family.
  • have an honorable death.

4
How To Perform Karoshi
  • There are many ways to perform karoshi.
  • The favored method of performing karoshi is
    called hara-kiri.
  • This method is a way of committing suicide by
    slitting yourself across the stomach with your
    own sword.
  • Other ways include slitting your wrist and
    chopping off your head.

5
The Two Samurai Swords
  • A samurai was expected to carry two swords at all
    times a long sword and a short sword.
  • In order to perform hara-kiri, a samurai would
    make the first cut into his stomach with the long
    sword and take out his organs with the short
    sword.
  • The long sword was used to carry out other forms
    of suicide.

6
Kamikaze
  • During World War II, Japanese soldiers practiced
    another form of suicide - kamikaze.
  • Kamikaze was a suicide mission in which the pilot
    of the plane flew the plane into enemy property.

  • Kamikaze pilots felt that it was honorable to die
    for their country and were exuberant if they were
    asked to train for their suicide mission.

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Current Causes Of Karoshi
  • Today people of all ages perform karoshi
    because
  • they are depressed from work or school.
  • they are ashamed of their actions.
  • they despise life.
  • they think no one loves them or cares for them.
  • People today that perform karoshi do not use the
    traditional method.

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Statistics Of Karoshi
  • 67 of the people that perform karoshi are men.
  • According to BBC News, in the year 2000, 33,000
    people committed karoshi in Japan.
  • The suicide rate in Japan is higher than that of
    Great Britain, Germany, Italy or the United
    States, although lower than those for men in
    Austria, Finland and France.
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