Japan’s Underemployed “Freeters” and “Internet Cafe Refugees”

The June 18th Newsweek Int’l Edition covers a disturbing situation, but one that may be improving, where underemployed younger workers in Japan are now forming unions and even publicly demonstrating in an attempt to demand more work and make their voices heard regarding inequalities in compensation, among other things. It’s worth a read. Let’s hope those who want to work get fully employed, get married, have children and help out with some of Japan’s demographic challenges.