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18% of high school students “enjoy their jobs,” the lowest in the four-country survey with the U.S., China, and South Korea… “I want to live a carefree life,” 49%.
Regarding the image of work and working, the percentage of respondents who strongly agree that it is “enjoyable” was <1>U.S.A. (34.5%), <2>Korea (29%), <3>China (26%), and <4>Japan (18.8%), in that order.
On the other hand, Japan (68.6%) ranked first in the “for living” category, ahead of South Korea (32.4%), which came in second. Japanese high school students also ranked first in “duty as a member of society” (36%), indicating that Japanese high school students have an image of work as a sense of duty and necessity for life rather than enjoyment.
The person in charge of the survey analyzed, “In Japan, ‘work-life balance’ is becoming more and more important, and the awareness of high school students may reflect this.
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【personal opinion】
It is not surprising that the percentage of Japanese high school students who consider work “fun” is low.
Japan is one of the few countries in the world where work is compulsory and there is no basic income system.
Because people have to work to make a living, they have no choice but to work even if they do not want to.
Even if they do work, they have to pay high taxes and social insurance premiums, so they do not have any money left over.
In addition, there are additional taxes such as consumption tax and automobile tax.
This makes it hard to have any hope of working.
