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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Ensuring more sleep among aims of govt health plan

Here's a government policy many won't be losing sleep over.

The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry will set a goal for 60% of the people in Japan to get sufficient sleep, defined as between six to eight or nine hours depending on age, by fiscal 2032.

This target will be included in the ministry's next national health promotion plan, Health Japan 21, which will begin in the fiscal year starting April 2024.

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