https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...-japanese-over-35-still-live-with-mom-and-dad "In some of Asia's biggest economies, young adults are living longer with their parents as they struggle to strike out on their own. The aging of Japanese and South Korean societies, and the significant slowdown in their economic growth rates, are contributing to a large increase in households with elderly parents supporting adult children who haven’t been able to leave home. In some cases, it’s even forcing parents to delay retirement. The stubbornly high youth unemployment rate is seen as a big part of the problem in Korea. This is less of an issue for Japan, where the rise of part-time and contract employment, which often comes with low pay and little security, is a major contributor. In both cases, the opportunities for high school and college graduates to secure steady jobs in offices or on factory floors is not what it was for their parents. In Japan, more than 3 million singles aged 35 to 44 still live with their parents, according to a government study." ~ Changing demographics in many industrialized countries is presenting a problem for the fiscal health of these countries - as the population ages and birth rates decline, there are fewer taxpayers to support the increasing tax burden on social services. In Japan, this problem is further exacerbated by this trend of youth unemployment extending into adulthood. Not mentioned in the article is the contributory effect this is having on Japan's budget:
Ikr? It's gotta be some kind of conspiracy............. Actually, I'm not all that surprised by this data. With the way many Asian cultures emphasize academia to the exclusion of social pursuits, it's obvious many Japanese and Korean individuals will have difficulty leaving home and making a life for themselves. They simply don't have the requisite skills to find their own work, make their own connections, and flourish in the world the same way their parents did. This newfound rise in unemployment is most likely the result of an increasing number of individuals who are unable to adapt to life outside the security of the family unit. There's also something to be said for the greater reverence some Asian societies have towards elders. With greater respect comes greater dependence, and the more dependent you are on your parents, the lower your chances of finding success in the real world outside their area of influence.
