Ready, set, snooze: Sleep-deprived Japanese compete for best-rested

GMA Network - Oct 7, 2026

TOKYO, Japan - 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.

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