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32-year-old programmer in China allegedly dies from overwork, added to work group chat even while in hospital (www.asiaone.com)
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[–] draco_aeneus@mander.xyz -3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's not really "know as 過労死" in Japanese. That's just the words for "excess", "work", and "death". That's kinda like saying "it's known as 'overworking to death' in Britain".