Tokyo sees 4,000 homeless sleeping in 24-hr cafes on any weeknight

As many as 4,000 homeless people may be finding shelter at 24-hour internet and manga cafes in Tokyo on any given weekday, the first survey on the issue by the metropolitan government showed Monday.Over 70 percent, or about 3,000, are estimated to be temporary workers. The most common age of the so-called cyber homeless are people in their 30s and 50s, accounting for 38.5 percent and 27.9 percent, respectively, according to the survey.A metropolitan government official said many of the homeless in their 30s likely lost their jobs in the aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, while m…READ FULL ARTICLE