"I finally started working," said "Daisuke" (not his real name), 31, to his friends and former classmates at last year's high school class reunion. Listening to other people talk about their work, when he was asked about his own recent affairs, he couldn't help but lie.
Daisuke lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on his own. Since he was fired from his last company, where he worked as a temporary employee, he has spent the last two years unable to secure a stable job. Currently, he lives off welfare assistance.
Daisuke graduated from a private high school in Saitama Prefecture in 1999. Coming from a financially stricken family, he could not afford to attend college. Instead, he began working part time at a restaurant and a convenience store five days a week. At times, he worked for some 14 hours a day. Yet, all he could make was no more than about 130,000 yen a month. (Mainichi)
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