Japan is experiencing a number of suicidal cases. These cases are committed by teenagers who failed to pass college entrance exams and have no college to go to. Is it really that big a deal to commit suicide just because you don’t have a college to go to? Apparently, it is for Japanese culture.  Japanese students highly regard getting a good university to study at, and they believe that getting in college is the first step in being a successful professional in the future, which is true in some sense. However some students could not bare the thought of not entering a college right after high school. In extreme cases some of the students commit suicide. In other cases most of these students become part of the “Hikikomori” society. It is a real-world phenomenon of disenchanted young Japanese shut-ins who usually over sleep and withdraw from regular society. These individuals are growing in numbers and in fact one percent of Japan’s population consists of Hikikiomoris. These individuals are labeled as N.E.E.T. as in Not in Employment, Education or Training. They usually rent a single room apartment and live off on their parents’ fund. Their parents know that their son/daughter is working or training and sends their children allowances. In the US these individuals can be categorized as bums.

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