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Article: 2 million Japanese believed to have sleep apnea
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 7, 2003
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2 million Japanese believed to have sleep apnea
TOKYO, March 7 (Xinhua) -- About 2 million Japanese are believed
to suffer sleep apnea, a disorder in which sleep is repeatedly
interrupted due to obstructed breathing, Kyodo News reported Friday.
According to Kyodo, in response to an incident in which the driver
of a bullet train nodded off at the controls last month, Japanese
syndrome experts discussed preventive measures for accidents
triggered by sleep disorders.
The bullet-train driver was sleeping for about eight minutes on
Feb. 26 when he was at the controls of a train bound for Tokyo from
Hiroshima that was traveling at nearly 300 kilometers per hour.
An automatic stopping system ...