'Competitive Sleepers' in Japan Compete for Best-Rested
Dozens of self-described competitive sleepers used tracking devices on mattresses as Koala Sleep Japan promoted sleep awareness and a prize of over two million yen.
- On Monday, dozens of participants gathered in Tokyo for the "Matt Race," a sleep competition organized by Koala Sleep Japan offering a top prize of over two million yen .
- OECD data from 2021 shows Japanese people slept an average 7hr 24min daily, the least among OECD nations. Riichiro Nakama, creative director at Koala Sleep Japan, noted "Japan is often described as a country suffering from sleep deprivation."
- Participants were fitted with sleep tracking devices and monitored for up to 90 minutes sprawled on mattresses. Judges selected winners based on how quickly and soundly each individual slept.
- Contest winner Suimii plans to use prize money for moving costs and "a bed like a princess." Participant Chisato Honda, 32, called it "a happy competition," adding he wished he could have slept longer.
- Nakama aims to raise interest in sleep by turning rest into a public event, engaging self-described elite "competitive sleepers" in a society often described as exhausted and diligent.
34 Articles
34 Articles
In Japan, a country where you work hard and sleep a little, dozens of sleep champions have faced a discipline where to win is enough to lie down, relax and fall into Morfeu's arms, reports AFP, taken by Agerpres. Baptized "Matt Race," the competition organized on Monday in Tokyo by ...
Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested
In diligent, exhausted Japan, self-described elite “competitive sleepers” vied to lie down, relax and nap the fastest and deepest in a contest organized by a mattress company.In the Tokyo competition, dubbed “Matt Race,” dozens of participants on Monday fitted with sleep tracking devices sprawled on
Sleeping a nap in the middle of the day and, in addition, receiving millions for doing so might seem like the dream of any worker. In Japan, however, they literally turned it into a contest: dozens of people gathered this Monday in Tokyo to find out who could sleep better for 90 minutes. The particular tournament, called “Mattrace ... Continue reading “Pay for Sleep? That’s the contest that delivers more than $13 million to whoever does it best …
Organized on Monday by a bedding company, the competition has rewarded its winner of 2 million yen. The concept makes smile but reveals a lack of sleep among the Japanese.
An interesting event was held in Japan, one of the countries with the highest rate of insomnia. Dozens of people entered into an uphill battle to fall asleep the fastest and deepest. The winner of the 90-minute contest was a woman who went by the nickname “Suimii”. Sleeping with your opponents
In a hardworking and sleepy Japan, self-proclaimed "competition sleepers" clashed in a discipline where to win it was enough to lie down, relax and fall into Morpheus' arms as quickly as possible.
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 36% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
