One Fourth of Japanese Take Daytime Naps

A bed manufacturer Paramount Bed researched people's naps in 2008. According to it, 26.3% of Japanese people take daytime naps regularly. These statistics do not include babies' naps. 

Figure 1: Ratio of people who take naps (n = 1450)

Among the people who take naps, the average sleeping time was 40 minutes.

Figure 2: Sleeping time of a nap among the people who take naps (n = 381)

Personally, I was surprised that such so many people have naps. My lunch break is only 60 minutes long. How do they manage their time?

Source is Paramount Bed, www.paramount.co.jp/

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