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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And don't forget how they treat homeless folks, either

I know it's not technology, but with all those other achievements, there could be mountains of improvements

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

There are so few homeless in Japan that it's not really worth talking about. I have seen maybe one homeless person there.

One average sized city in the US probably has more homeless people than the entire nation of Japan.

[–] b0gl 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It is a lot of homeless people but they sleep in internet cafes instead https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net_cafe_refugee

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Better alternative than corner of street

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Damn, you werent kidding! They had 3,992 homeless people in 2020. That's 0.3 per 10k. The US were at 582,462, or 17.5 in 10k in 2022.