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Saké This
Josh Liston, Japan 'Correspondent'
S2E9: Matt Race brought together Japan's most "elite sleepers" to see who's the best-rested
OCT 14, 20261 MIN
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Description
According to JapanToday.com, “elite competitive sleepers” are coming together from all across Japan to see who can nap the fastest and sleep the deepest in a new competition called Matt Race.
Source: https://japantoday.com/category/national/ready-set-snooze-sleep-deprived-japanese-compete-for-best-rested
Your host Josh is keen to take part in the comp – mostly because it's the only sport we can think of where the athletes train-to-climax .... before the event.
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