>I don’t know about the homeless situation. Perhaps there are fewer homeless people. Perhaps they are forced out of public spaces by the police. Perhaps they sl

>I don’t know about the homeless situation. Perhaps there are fewer homeless people. Perhaps they are forced out of public spaces by the police. Perhaps they sleep in 24h McDonald’s instead of outside (perhaps it is much too cold in winter). There are far fewer homeless people per capita. It's hard to get hard numbers, but the range of numbers I saw for Tokyo is pretty similar to the range I saw for Seattle, despite Tokyo being 20x as big. Many homeless people sleep in capsule hotels or internet cafes. Those who do sleep outside set tents or improvised dwellings at the fringes of public parks. The police are not allowed to tear down these dwellings without following a full eviction process.