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Sleep for six hours a night, five days a week and get paid by this company

The points can be exchanged for food in the company cafeteria worth as much as 64,000 yen ($570) per year

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Marika Katanuma I Bloomberg
Kazuhiko Moriyama is betting that well-rested workers are good for business. In fact, he’s placing real money on the wager.

Employees who sleep at least six hours a night, for at least five days a week, are awarded points by Crazy Inc., a wedding organizer in Japan. The points can be exchanged for food in the company cafeteria worth as much as 64,000 yen ($570) per year. Nightly rest will be tracked using an app made by Airweave Inc., a mattress manufacturer.

More than 92 per cent of Japanese over the age of 20 say that they aren’t getting enough

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