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Originally Posted by Shawn
It's shameful.
Both in how homelessness is viewed by Japanese society (it's a personal / familial shame), and consequently how the Japanese government treats homelessness (shamefully inadequate).
The government's response to homelessness is to install more anti-sleeping benches and to clear out the camps you'll sometimes see in the less-visited sections of less-visited parks or under bridges along the rivers. The Olympics really sped that process up.
That's it.
My alma mater has done more for the Tokyo homeless through Jesuit mission work, Catholic Charities, and Habitat for Humanity than the Tokyo government. That is not hyperbole. |
I was under the impression Japan had a social safety net system akin to Sweden or Denmark?