{
  "id": 2979653,
  "title": "“Sleep Beauty” Sparks Controversy in Japan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/sleep-beauty-sparks-controversy-in-japan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T08:03:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082100115/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--Some Japanese clinics have been advertising private \"sleep beauty\" treatments on social media and prescribing potentially addictive psychotropic drugs and other medications. Experts are criticizing this practice, raising concerns that prescription drugs are being used inappropriately. There is no established medical definition of \"sleep beauty,\" but the term ge...",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}