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Mar 25, 2026 3:31 PM
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Fortherea
I love the chronology of the first two comments
raitchison
Before anyone starts talking about how this is just "anti-homeless" architecture I'd like to point out that Japan has a VERY low rate of homelessness.
https://www.borgenmagazine.com/japans-homeless-population/
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
But I want to be outraged!
Clockworkdancerobot
Read to to the end to get to my point in the other thread.
raitchison
You're either misunderstanding me or making a strawman argument. I never claimed that Japan had zero homeless people or that it wasn't possible for then to do more.
All I said was that they had a very low rate of homelessness and that there really isn't a need to use anti-homeless architecture.
Even if you TRIPLED the official government statistics that would still give Japan an incredibly low rate with about 0.009% of the population, compared to Sweden at 0.04% or the U.S. at 0.2%
Wuz314159
Bonus: It forces homeless people to sleep on the ground like animals? Ò_o
raitchison
What homeless people? This is Japan.
Wuz314159
Japan hides its flaws religiously. That does not mean they do not exist.
Clockworkdancerobot
it also doubles as Anti-homeless architecture
raitchison
Anti-homeless architecture in Japan makes about as much sense as snow tires in Saudi Arabia.
IhopeUgetwhatUvoted4
I mean.. they put ice agents in the airports to do what?
Wuz314159
because SA doesn't have high mountains? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuY1f7-qMbk
Clockworkdancerobot
Not entirely. They used to have an issue before, but the problem was sort of moved aside. How Japan hides the homeless: https://youtu.be/U9fMoQlRyGk
AllegedlyTonyDutch
It's funny that people are downvoting you. Japan has a right-wing government and has essentially had the same party in power since the american occupation. That party is incredibly concerned with how the rest of the world views them and they essentially decide what the numbers are.
raitchison
They have a "right wing" government that also adequately funds services for the homeless and mental health services. https://www.borgenmagazine.com/japans-homeless-population/
Clockworkdancerobot
I see Raitchiston is being an idelogue instead of realizing Japan hasn't "Fixed" homelessness, but like many conservative governments swept the problem under the rug.
raitchison
Even if you accept the highest estimate of homelessness in Japan that exists they would still have... one of the lowest rates of homelessness in the developed world.
The idea that this bench is the way it is because of fear of homeless people sleeping on them is ridiculous.