A higher number of young people in Japan are living with low expectations for themselves and their country when compared with their peers in other countries that make up the major global powers, a new survey finds.
The Nippon Foundation Awareness Survey of 18-Year-Olds — which surveyed 1,000 people between the ages of 17 and 19 in Japan, U.S., China, South Korea, the U.K. and India — found that only around 16% of Japanese respondents said that they believed that the future of their country would improve.
This was the lowest rate among the participating countries, with India and China seeing the highest percentage of people believing that to be the case, at around 62% and 55% respectively. South Korea (23.5%), the U.S. (30.8%) and the U.K. (34%) all ranked above Japan.
