I think I'm learning Japanese.

Some interesting statistics come from the Japan For Sustainability website. The article describes a city which has declared to practice "slow life".

"Humans live about 700,800 hours (assuming an average life expectancy of 80 years), of which we spend about 70,000 hours working (assuming we work for 40 years). The remaining 630,000 hours are spent on other activities, such as eating, studying, and leisure, including 230,000 hours sleeping. Until now, people often focused their lives on these 70,000 hours of labor, devoting their lives to their companies. However, with the "slow life" principles, we would now like to pay more attention to the 630,000 hours outside of work to achieve true happiness and peace of mind."

Also check out the insightful cartoons draw by Prof. Hiroshi Takatsuki a.k.a 'High Moon'.