Jiyu Jikan
Japanese society has always revolved around hard work. Employees were expected to work long hours and show a strong devotion to their company. The system rewarded behaviour such as demonstrating loyalty to the team and Continue Reading →
Japanese society has always revolved around hard work. Employees were expected to work long hours and show a strong devotion to their company. The system rewarded behaviour such as demonstrating loyalty to the team and Continue Reading →
Net Nanmin, Net Cafe Refugees, Cyber-Homeless. In Japan, these are names for people who can’t afford regular accommodation and therefore live in 24-hour internet cafes or manga cafes to avoid sleeping on the street. Continue Reading →
In Finland during the high season 10,000 people work in the tree planting business. As well as the regular forest workers and foreigners looking for summer jobs, many of the workers are Finland’s youth, university and high school students. I visited Rovaniemi for several weeks in June and Continue Reading →
Britain has the second highest teenage pregnancy rate in the developed world, costing the government millions of pounds every year. In West Lothian, Scotland, Britain’s youngest mum became pregnant at 11 years old. Continue Reading →
