The Dark Secret Behind Japan's 0% Homelessness Rate

Go by any river at night and you will find people camped out on the space next to the river. Any train station of size will also accommodate homeless. Its there but the country seem to ignore it. If you ignore it then it doesn't exist

At a point, the report says that numbers are believed to be "5 times higher" than in official statistics. Earlier on the video, that official number was given as 0.003 % of the total population. Five times that means 0.015 - still better than Switzerland. Far from being a "dark" picture, even though human hardship cannot be measured in numbers.

Well the dark secret to their homeless solution, has only caused more problems insted of give them achznce, is and underpopulation chrisi has begun, even to overworked rights or mass robot over worker layoffs ,suicide,etc akak cause if the problems

It’s better to make rooms where people are comfortable and able to talk or keep up social skills. So when they eat breakfast or dinner, they share a routine. It’s not a fair solution to have these homeless cafes, where the men only have their own room. Maybe I should try one before judging?

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still better than drug infested tent cities or mentally unwell people wandering the streets without pants

You forgot the most egregious part: They drive on the left!

In conclusion,some human are evil eye on in this temporary world actually they want to poor some human in this temporary world actually.

If it's five time the number of the government 0.002 x 5 = 0.01% it's still incredibly low

Japan is awesome

Suicide rate?

I lived in Misawa for about 5 years in the mid '70s . . . I saw no homelessness . . . there were a lot of families that lived in very modest homes, like the very very poor . . . but they were respected and good people to know. I owned a home there (not the land) in the poor community . . . it was a wonderful experience.

Confront world OVERPOPULATION - (or homelessness, poverty, immigration, wars, climate change, etc. will just get worse)

So sad..

Japan has homes for free. Older homes yes but free.

America is how it is BECAUSE we ignored the homeless situation.

Governments love to lie with statistics, it's sickening.

I agree with them

At least one baby step offers hope for something better tomorrow.

0%? Im calling bullshit

On July 1 2003 I was coming up the escalator from the Subway at Hakata Station in Fukuoka at midnight. All over the floor inside the station were homeless people sleeping on sheets of cardboard. I wonder if that’s still happening. I went there a few times after that but never again at midnight.

A very revealing video. The author mentioned the real homeless rate (%) in Japan is much higher than those living in poverty (%) in the USA. These appear to two different metrics. I know in my country, living in poverty ( earning below the minimum wage ) doesn’t automatically mean you are homeless. Perhaps some follow-up is required to more fully compare the homeless rates in the two countries.

I thought Japan got wiped out with the floods

Plus, they have these tiny little coffin size apartments. All you have are shelves and a bed. You share a bathroom and a place to cook and they charge you rent for those. That’s what these Chinese countries do.

from this video, i learned that japanese people need to chill tf out and do some drugs

I am not surprised, knowing Japanese Axis history. Finland is as difficult to its child protection clients as Japan is to its "not being self-reliant men"

The psudo-homelesness people living in cyber cafe's is an interesting thing I never made a connection between. It also amazes me that cigarettes' still aren't classified as a drug. If you added that in for Japan you would probably see a 70% plus rate of drug usage. Smoking is super common from what I have learned but I have never gotten the chance to visit.

I would have no problem staying at a cyber Cafe. No problems. Internet, food showers? Thats all I need. 😊

They are definitely still on the low side despite the semantics.
This video's title is just as deceptive as no one said it was 0%.

Well, Japan is doing a better job than we in America are.

i like how they tout having an age of consent of 18, but that actually only applies to vaginal sex, so most prefectures are filled with underage whore houses where everything is for sale EXCEPT vaginal. some prefectures allow it at ANY age. a lot of japans statistics are pure fantasy. edit: when i say "i like", thats sarcasm.

This video is terribly incorrect. It is propaganda. Japan has plenty of homeless. They work low wage jobs during the day and sleep in the parks at night.

XD japan having zero percent homelessness hahaha!

Loss of Job and unaffordable housing ( huge rent )makes people homeless in western countries like USA and Canada. I don't know about Japan, I haven't heard or seen much about their homelessness.

0.15% homelessnes in USA? HAHA, nice joke...i think its 1.5% if not 15%

Better than whatever the hell california is like now

Japan has a low homeless rate but it is not 0%

There is one thing that is causing the 0% homeless rate.... a large population decline. Empty houses are all over the place... Its not that amazing.

Japan just redefined "homeless".

I guess if you're okay with calling cyber cafes "homes"

Yeah, as others have said, there are plenty of homeless in Japan. I remember walking around early one more in Tokyo when I couldn’t sleep. There was an entire homeless population basically living in tents under a bridge.

There’s no society on earth that’s dealing with this issue.

I have been to Tokyo 3 times, there are homeless all over Akihabara and I have also seen homeless in other areas.

To say there is no homelessness is a lie by the government.

Go to Yokohama station level B2 on west side, plenty of homeless. And basically they give you a job, and it’s almost impossible to get fired.

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Making drugs illegal is definitely a good idea, in Vancouver it's not and the streets are loaded with junkies, many overdosing too

All that panning for the future talk we heard saw from are parents was meaningless nonsense this is what they made for us this is it