Jarring Japan- Ep. 4: Japanese Death Culture
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2023
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
And our final stop is fittingly... death.This week, Ash is joined by Wayne from Florida Men on Florida Man! The pair talk about some of the most interesting aspect's surrounding Japan's death culture. Ash tells Wayne about Karoshi, death by overwork, common in many parts of Asia. And they also talk about the infamous "Suicide Forest" and the myths, legends and truths about it, and more!
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-Research assistance by Celi Riojas and Chelsea Harper.
-Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karoshi
- https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/as-japan-suicides-drop-survivor-shares-story-to-save-others/
- https://extranet.who.int/mindbank/item/6766
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Roj09VojHx
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73288/15-eerie-things-about-japans-suicide-forest
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The working hours are insane. |
| 0:05.0 | The most common causes of Karoshi deaths are due to stress, malnourishment, heart attacks, and strokes. |
| 0:12.0 | If you're like an office worker sleeping or taking a nap at your desk, that's looked at as a good thing because it's like, oh, they've been here so long working so hard that they have to take a nap. I'm not bubba-b-da-purn. The soul for the soul for |
| 0:38.0 | till presents. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm not drinking beer at 10.17 a.m. |
| 0:45.8 | It's okay if you were. |
| 0:47.2 | It would be if I wasn't an alcoholic, |
| 0:50.3 | but I am. |
| 0:51.2 | So it's not really okay at any time for me. |
| 1:11.2 | Yeah, for sure. But if somebody's enjoying their Friday and having a beer at 10 a.m. And that doesn't ruin their life. Good for you. I applaud you. You're doing okay. Yeah, you're doing all right. Let me welcome people to the show. So, yeah. Hey, everybody. Welcome back to That's So Fooked Up Presents. That's So Fooked Up Presents is a spin-off series of That's So Fooked Up Presents. |
| 1:19.3 | That's So Fooked Up Presents is a spin-off series of That's So Fucked Up, a podcast about cults, murder, and other generally fucked up stuff. |
| 1:26.5 | In That So Fucked Up Presents, each season is like a mini series where we dive into a particular topic over the course of a month. This season, we're talking about some of the more shocking aspects of Japanese culture. |
| 1:32.6 | I'm your host, Ashley Richards, and this is Jarring Japan. |
| 1:38.0 | Today, I am very excited to welcome my co-host, Wayne McCarty, from Florida Men on Florida Man. |
| 1:48.2 | Hello. |
| 1:49.2 | Hello. |
| 1:50.5 | How are you? |
| 1:51.4 | I'm good. I'm excited to talk about death. |
| 1:55.3 | I've been thinking about it all week. |
| 1:57.1 | Have you? |
| 1:58.0 | Well, death since I was like 12. |
| 2:00.1 | But this topic, the entire week. |
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