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The World's Most Sleep-Deprived Nation
Japan averages 7 hours of sleep per night — the least of any OECD country. A crowd of 2,000 reveals who's awake when they shouldn't be.
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The Japanese sleep an average of 6 hours and 22 minutes per night — the least of any OECD country. The culture even has a word, inemuri, for the socially accepted practice of napping in public. Sleep deprivation is so normalized it has its own etiquette.
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- Intl. OrgOECD Time Use Database — Sleep Duration2023
- OtherJapan Sleep Survey — NHK2023