Documentary; NEET

In recent years, the number of young people who do not want to study, work, even do part time jobs become larger. This social phenomenon has grewn into a serious problem in Japan. Last year, I always heard "NEET" on television and newspapers ,which stand for young people Not in education, Employment, and Training when I went back to Japan for vacation. One day, I watched documentary TV program about NEET. Accoring to Ministry of Health. Labour, and Welfare, five hundred thousand of people stay in home without working and studying in 2003. The number increased half time comparing to that in 1993. As the population age and fewer babies are born in Japan, It is serious problem that young people who are able to work but who do not want to work. In my opinion, it would cause collapse of social security and pension system. The phenomenon "Neet" is serious crisis not only for individual but also for whole of society. Watching TV and newspapers, they tend to criticize to individual, family and school. For instance, some of them were not good at communicating with others or faced bully when they were at school. Some of them felt stress and depressed by themselves while they looked for jobs or after they quit jobs. On the contrary, I believe both government and society have to make the most effort to creat generous society to accept "NEET". In my impression of works in Japan, Japanese work very hard and often work more than eight hours. However, it is not efficient way to work, like Japanese. Many people believe we could not have fun after we start to work. But, that is not true. We should enjoy our life even though we are working. In the United States, a lot of restraunts have happy hours during weekday. It would be one of the way that emplyee can take a week break. In japan, people cannot take longer than three days break easily. A lot of things government and society can do for young people. It would not make people lazy but keep being highly motivated.

Criteria;
Cause of economical difficulty in the future
Government and society's responsibility to accept young
Warnining for Overwork in Japan
Crisis related to diclining birthrate and a growing population of elderly people
Hopelessness for young in the future