A boy (15), who spent all night gaming at a net café, suddenly keeled over dead in the early morning.
Net Cafe Refugees in the Thousands
- Filed under: Japan, News
- Date: Jun 2, 2008 10:14 JST
- Tags: Mass Media, Net Cafe, Statistics
The practice of using net cafes as permanent or semi-permantent residences has been on the increase in recent years, due to their cheap price, good amenities and central locations. The Japanese government has published figures suggesting that “net cafe refugees”, people who use a net cafe or manga kisa as their sole residence, now number around 5,500.
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