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 …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…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.