How Japanese Students Live

More than 10 percent of Japanese university students living away from home receive no allowances from their parents, breaking the threshold for the first time since 1970 when such data became available.

The economic slowdown since September 2008 has continued to affect students' lives, as those without allowances from parents hit 10.2 percent in the survey conducted in October and November last year, up from 8.3 percent the previous year.

The average amount of money parents give to their children a month also fell to 74,060 yen, a level last seen in 1983 and 1984, before the bubble economy and down 27.6 percent from a record high 102,240 yen in 1996.

The survey also showed a growing dependency among students on scholarships as their recipients account for 37.2 percent of those surveyed and the average amount of a scholarship stands at 60,650 yen a month, topping the 60,000 yen mark for the first time.

Students living by themselves spend an average of 23,350 yen on food every month, down 1,080 yen from the previous year. The amount is the lowest since 1976.

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