As many as 15,000 people stay in these internet cafes a night in Tokyo – many are tired Japanese businessmen who have gone out drinking after work and missed the last train home. But others ...

According to AP, around 4,000 people live in Tokyo internet and manga cafes. Their closure puts these residents out on the street. Back in 2004, I first wrote about manga kissa (manga cafes ...

The cramped nature of Tokyo’s internet cafes meant there was little surprise when Japan shut them down as part of its efforts to limit the spread of coronavirus. But by prioritising social ...

Cafe Asan’s appeal lies in the hammocks hanging ... Don’t get too comfy or you might just end up dozing off, instead of perusing the internet to get some much needed work done.

An estimated 5,400 homeless people live in Japanese Internet cafes. TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 7, 2007 — -- As office workers rush home on a late Tokyo evening, others start to show up on the ...

But with more than 4,000 “internet cafe refugees” residing in Tokyo, the country’s capital has begun to offer up hotel rooms and other forms of temporary accommodation to ease the crisis.

TOKYO -- Millions of people will be inconvenienced ... megalopolis's most marginalized residents will lose their homes. So-called internet cafe "refugees" sleep in these all-night businesses ...

24-hour internet cafes, with a variety of accommodations, hot drinks, and showers, are a huge benefit to those in need. You'd think the govt. would follow their lead. Not only Tokyo but ...

As a result, not only are Tokyo's Internet cafés filled to bursting with the newly unemployed, but informal tent cities have sprouted in many of the capital's otherwise serene parks as well.