Homeless Numbers: A Sad Comparison Between US and Japan. [View All]

[Bonobo]

I just saw a headline in the Asahi news that says that Osaka Prefecture (the city and the surrounding areas) have an estimated homeless population of 4,333 last year. Osaka has the MOST homeless of all Japanese large cities. The next highest was Tokyo with 3,796.

I looked up the numbers for Chicago. 73,656 in 2005~2206.

Wow. Combine that with murder rates, incarceration rates, child mortality rates...

Really gives you a picture.

And Japan's economy has been in the dump for 12 years.