The official number for 2001 is 4.17 million freeters according to one count, or 2 million in 2002 according to another estimate, approximately 3% 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 who deliberately chose not to work despite a large number of jobs available at that time.
3.1 Difficulties starting their own householdįreeters are a relatively new phenomenon in Japan. Other possible spellings are furītā, furiita, freeta, furiitaa, or furitaa in order of frequency. (The German word Arbeit is commonly used as the Japanese loanword arubaito for part-time job.) It is said that the use was coined by the Japanese part time job magazine From A (Japanese: フロムエー, Furomuē). Another possibility is a shortening of freeloader, furee-ro-da to furi-da. The word freeter or freeta was first used around 1987 or 1988 and is thought to be an amalgamation of the English word free (or perhaps freelance) and the German word Arbeiter ("worker"). The low income makes it difficult for freeters to start a family, and the lack of qualifications makes 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 so-called 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. #FREETER BOY FULL#
Freeter ( フリーター furītā ?) (other spellings below) is a Japanese expression for people between the age of 15 and 34 who lack full time employment or are unemployed, excluding homemakers and students.
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