NEETs aptitude for jobs like “prostitute at a red-light district”
Young NEETs —”not in education, employment “— are a becoming part of mainstream Japanese society. Every family I know in Japan has a NEET lurking in the background. The problem is that the ”belief in suited jobs” does not match Japan Inc’s needs. Japan is spending 37 billion yen— about $350 million USD starting this year for job-training boot camps to snap NEETs out of of their “dream” daze.
This mismatch is covered in the following Kyodo Press series.
NEETs sticking to aptitude for jobs
TOKYO—Rika Fukunishi, 24, who plays a prostitute at a red-light district during the Edo period (1600-1868) is about to finish her apprenticeship. ”From today, I am free,” she says with a bright face….”I am sticking to my dream. Without a dream, you cannot be sure whether you are living or dead. I have no intention of becoming an ordinary female office worker,” said Rika…The words ”belief in suited jobs” are spreading …. young people believe there will surely be jobs best suited to them…more…
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