Japanese
youth are like chimps in the wild - Mainichi
Daily News, November 10, 2005
..."There's been a dramatic increase in the dearuki-zoku.
They don't eat meals at home with family members and you can
clearly see with your own eyes the large increase in young people
who hang about on the streets together with the same old friends,"
Masataka tells Sapio. "They make places like Shibuya their
territory and rarely head even to places like (nearby entertainment
and shopping districts) Shinjuku or Harajuku. They get tired
going to new places or meeting new people. If they get hungry
while they're strolling around, they simply get food by going
into a convenience store, buying something and sitting down
outside on the curb to eat it. If not that, then they just hang
around for hours in fast food joints."
The primate specialist says the actions of the dearuki-zoku
closely resemble behavior patterns in chimpanzees, which tend
to travel in groups, walking around for a long time without
going to any specific place, then eating and disposing of their
wastes in the same place before bedding down on piles of grass
whenever and wherever the inclination takes them...
Japanese youth are like chimps in the wild
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