 | Witness: Lack of Support in Japanese Orphanages
 Masashi Suzuki sat in the quiet upstairs level of the McDonald's in a Tokyo suburb. The restaurant was bright and cheerful, but Masashi's expression was somber. His parents abandoned him as a baby, he said slowly, in a listless voice. From age 2 he lived in a government-funded institution in Funabashi, Chiba prefecture, just south of Tokyo. He explained that he was released from the institution at 18, and over the past two years, he'd been through 20 different jobs. He had also skirted being homeless, he said, sounding deeply exhausted. Masashi cared about his appearance – he wore fashionable, albeit worn, clothes and had styled his hair – but a sense of isolation clung to him. It gradually became clear that, growing up in an institution, Masashi hadn't acquired the knowledge and life skills necessary to live independently. Nor had he received the continuing support he needed to reenter Japanese society. Nearly 34,000 children in Japan live in institutions after being taken from or abandoned by their parents. This is in stark contrast to what happens in the majority of developed countries, which place most such children in foster homes or with adoptive families.
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