Comment by james_marks

Comment by james_marks 2 days ago

I asked myself the same question when I saw exactly 1 homeless person in all of Tokyo.

There has been a global trend to decommission psychiatric hospitals. Japan didn’t follow suit, and today has 10x the beds per capita compared to the US.

This is balanced by the fact that it’s much harder to commit someone against their will in the US.

https://www.borgenmagazine.com/japans-homeless-population/#:....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalisation

Dracophoenix 2 days ago

> I asked myself the same question when I saw exactly 1 homeless person in all of Tokyo

Homelessness in Tokyo looks different than homelessness in a major US city. Often enough, it means freeters sleeping overnight in manga cafés.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_café_refugee

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ilaksh 2 days ago

According to the article, living in an internet cafe can be as little as $420 per month. But where does someone who has no work that month get the $420? Does the government have a minimal support program?

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- presentation 2 days ago
  
  lol that’s actually more expensive than a lot of small apartments in Tokyo.
  That said there is no shortage of work in Tokyo. Far more work than the number of people available to do it.
  
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