Rapid increase of freeters in japan.
Title: Rapid increase of freeters in japan.
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 452 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rapid increase of freeters in japan.
Category: /Society & Culture/Geography
Details: Words: 452 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
they number in the millions, they work in restaurants, convenience stores, as security guard or cramschool teachers, and the ranks of casual workers in japan are increasing.Contrary to a popular belief, this rapid rise has more to do with japan`s economic stagnation and corporate cost cutting than a rejection of a lifetime employment in one company, or the desire to have free time to pursue artistic ambition. it is difficult to put precise
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and university graduates (1.84 million freeters were school leavers in 2001, and 200 thousand graduates). Casual job vacancies have also increased as companies find it provides them with a cheap and moree flexible labor force. Freeters can afford such an insecure way of life because about 70 percent of them live with their parents (a sub-species known as "parasite single". so most of the 1.4 million yen (US$ 11,200) a year they earn on average is pocket money, according to Fujimoto.