The rapid increase in the number of freeters has many Japanese people worried about their future impact on the society. According to some estimates there will be ten million freeters in Japan in 2014. The official number for 2001 is 4.17 million freeter according to one count, or 2 million in 2002 according to another estimate, approximately three percent of the working population. In 1982 there were an estimated 0.5 million freeters in Japan, 0.8 million in 1987, 1.01 million in 1992 and 1.5 million in 1997. In the first years of the 21st century, the number of freeters began rising rapidly. During this time, freeters were also somewhat glamorized as people pursuing their dreams and trying to live life to the fullest. The word freeter was used first around 1987 during the bubble economy, referring to young people that deliberately chose not to work despite a large number of jobs available at that time. Other possible spellings are freeter, furita, furiita, freeta, furiitaa, or furitaa in order of frequency.įreeters are a relatively new phenomenon in Japan. It is said that the use was coined by the Japanese part time job magazine Froma (Japanese: フロムエー). It has also been proposed that "freeter" might follow German rules of word formation. The word freeters or freeta was first used around 1987 or 1988 and is probably based on the English word free and the ending ta for either taimu (time) or arubaito (part time work). The low income makes it difficult for freeters to start a family, and the lack of qualifications make it difficult to start a career at a later point in life. These people do not start a career after high school or university but instead usually live as parasite singles with their parents and earn some money with low skilled and low paid jobs. They may also be described as underemployed or freelance workers. Freeters (Japanese: フリーター) is a Japanese expression for people between the age of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding housewives and students.
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