Press Review: Sleepless in Tokyo, Europe’s Immigration Overhaul Lands With a Thud, Russia Uncorks Its Whines

As if the back-and-forth between Jerusalem and Tehran this week wasn’t alarming enough, Japan appears to be facing a looming crisis because its industrious people are chronically overtired. Tokyo’s health ministry says the Japanese need to get more bed rest. Yet a leading sleep expert, Masashi Yanagisawa, said a plan is needed to avoid, as the South China Morning Post put it, “catastrophic consequences on society.”