Rapid Increase of Freeters in Japan

The propotion of freeters cherishing a dream has been around 15 percent for the past decade accroding to Reiko Kosugi, senior researcher at the Japan Institute of Labor. But now the number of people who are "unvoidably" freeters (victims of economic slump) ot those forced to make do with such jobs while waiting for a suitable professional job opportunity is rising."these days, it is a way of trying several different jobs. between the ages of 22 and 27, young people want to have fun, and afterwards they join the ranks of those looking for real jobs," said Fujimoto. …