[hattori31]

Resident of Tokyo for years here. The homeless here make some money from picking up trash and selling to the municipalities so noone begs. Also Tokyo is super safe, so they can sleep wherever without worrying. Also you have to count the fact that housing is insanely cheap in places like Tama (although very far from city center)

But lately I have noticed an increase in homeless people, maybe its just Coronavirus? At any rate i wish the city did more. Both for them and for the rest of people. I wish them the best, but let's be honest its not a good sight or smell.

[hintymad]

A big difference I noticed in Japan was that the streets that have clusters of homeless are super clean, and people were not violent. It's not like in SF, for instance, where people littered on streets and assaulted pedestrians.