Why Japan's Homeless are Nothing Like Your Country
Summary
TLDRビデオでは、37歳のホームレスであるロビンが、日本で低所得で働く若者たちの問題について語ります。日本は世界で最もホームレス率が低い0%と報告されていますが、実際には15,000人の若者がインターネットカフェに住み、河川沿いを避難する人々がいます。ロビンは不動産会社で働いていたが、収入が少なく不満を感じ、YouTubeチャンネルを始めました。しかし、成功は訪れず、現在もホームレスの生活を続けています。日本には、夏の暑さや冬の寒さ、蚊に悩まされるなど、生活環境が極端に厳しいホームレスの集団が存在します。彼らは政府の統計には計されず、見えざる貧困に苦しんでいます。このビデオは、日本経済の低迷、賃金の停滞、高齢化社会の影響を受ける若者たちへの注意を喚起します。
Takeaways
- 🏙️ 日本は世界でホームレス率が最も低い国の一つとされていますが、実際には多くの人々がホームレスとして生活しています。
- 👤 ロビンという37歳の日本人がホームレスとして生活しており、不動産会社で働いていた経験から、低所得とストレスを感じています。
- 💼 日本では多くの若者が低所得で働いている状況が続いており、それが若年化したホームレスの増加につながっています。
- 🏠 政府統計には反映されていないが、インターネットカフェに住む若者や都市から追い出されたホームレスの集団が存在しています。
- 🛌 ホームレスは川沿いを生活する人々もおり、彼らは非常に悪い状況下で生きています。
- 🛹 ロビンはスケートボードのYouTubeチャンネルを始め、成功を望んでいたものの、それがうまくいかずまだホームレスのままです。
- 🚿 日本にはインターネットカフェ「ネットカフェ」があり、そこでは安く済ませてシャワーを浴びることができます。
- 🌧️ 雨の日には市役所の入り口などにある屋根の下で過ごすこともありますが、夜遅くまで過ごす必要があります。
- 🌡️ 夏は暑さ、蚊、冬は寒さなど、生活環境は非常に厳しいと感じています。
- 🍜 フードバンクなどでは無料で食料を配布している場所もありますが、多くの人々がその存在を知らないようです。
- 🌾 一部のホームレスは川沿いを耕して自給自足していますが、政府統計には反映されず、彼らは「存在しない」人々です。
Q & A
ロビンさんはどのくらいの期間ホームレスで生活していますか?
-ロビンさんは1年1ヶ月間、ホームレスで生活しています。
日本でホームレスはどれくらいの割合があるとされていますか?
-日本は世界で最もホームレス率が低い国の一つとされており、0%とされていますが、実際はもっと多くの人々がホームレスです。
インターネットカフェに住む若者たちは日本でどれくらいいますか?
-日本には約15,000人の若者がインターネットカフェに住んでおり、住所を持たず、どこか特定の場所に住んでいないとされています。
ロビンさんはなぜホームレスになりましたか?
-ロビンさんは不動産会社で働いていたが、収入が低く、働いているにもかかわらずモチベーションと収入が一致しないため、うつ病にかかりホームレスになりました。
日本の若者たちが苦しんでいる主な理由は何ですか?
-日本の若者たちは低所得で働いているため苦しんでおり、過去30年間で日本の平均収入は増加していないため、生活はますます困難になっています。
ロビンさんはどのようにして清潔を保っていますか?
-日本のインターネットカフェ「ネットカフェ」では無料でシャワーも利用できるため、そこで清潔を保っています。
雨の日はどうやって過ごしますか?
-雨の日は市役庁などの入り口の屋根の下に避難したり、閉館後に入り朝方に退出することで過ごします。
日本の夏はどのくらい暑いですか?
-日本の夏は非常に暑く、95°高温になることもあるとされています。
ロビンさんはどのようにして食事をとっていますか?
-無料の食事を配る場所へ行ったり、カップ麺などを食べることで食事をとっています。
日本のホームレス問題はどのようにして改善されると思われますか?
-政府による支援や民間団体の活動を通じて、ホームレスの人たちを街から排除するのではなく、彼らを支援し、適切な住まいを提供することで改善されると思われます。
Outlines
🏙️ 日本の隠れたホームレス問題
ロビンという37歳の日本人ホームレスが、不動産会社で5年間働きながらも収入が低く、生活が苦しい状況を語る。日本は世界でホームレス率が最も低い0%とされており、問題を解決したかのように見えるが、実際には15,000人の若者がアドレスを持ちせずインターネットカフェに住み、都市からの強制退去によって更远くの場所に移動している。東京外の多摩川沿いを訪れた際には、想像を絶するほどの酷い状況で生活している多くの若いホームレスに出会い、彼らは政府の統計には計上存在しない「目に見えないホームレス」と呼ばれる。
🌡️ 夏の酷さと冬の厳しさ
日本の夏は非常に暑く、ホームレスは外での生活が極めて困難である。彼らはインターネットカフェ「ネットカフェ」を利用して無料のシャワーを利用し、時には市役所の入り口の屋根の下で過ごす。しかし、雨の日や寒さ、蚊、虫などの問題にも悩まされる。冬は服を増やすことができるが、夏は服を減らすことができないため、耐え難い暑さと湿度に苦しむ。さらに、彼らは森林深くに住む20年以上もホームレスとなっている人々と出会い、彼らは自給自足で生活しているが、政府の統計には含まれていない。
🍜 フードバンクと無視される貧困
東京 新宿区でフードバンクが行われ、約200人の人々が無料で食事をもらっている。観光客たちはその列が何かを知らず、日本には貧困がないと誤解している。実際には若者を含む多様な層が貧困に苦しんでいる。ビデオでは、日本の経済の低迷、賃金の停滞、高齢化社会への依存が日本の将来に懸念を呼び起こす。また、若者にも貧困が蔓延しており、表面には見えないが実際には存在する問題であると指摘する。チャンネルの購読や動画の高評価を通じて、ホームレス支援に貢献するよう呼びかける。
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Keywords
💡ホームレス
💡ネットカフェ
💡多摩川
💡日本の貧困問題
💡政府の統計
💡不動産会社
💡低賃金
💡鬱
💡若者のホームレス
💡YouTuber
Highlights
Robin, a 37-year-old Japanese man, shares his experience of homelessness despite working for 5 years at a real estate company.
Japan officially has a 0% homelessness rate, but there are actually thousands of young people living in internet cafes without addresses.
Homeless villages are being evicted from major cities and forced to live further out, with some living in terrible conditions along the Tama River.
Robin describes his makeshift sleeping setup using a skateboard and a bag as a pillow, and a sleeping bag for warmth.
He explains how he initially didn't feel safe while homeless but has since gotten used to it, finding a sense of home when he closes his sleeping bag.
Robin has been homeless for over a year and discusses the low income and high stress faced by young Japanese people, leading to homelessness.
There has been no increase in the Japanese average income in the last 30 years, with people working harder for less money.
Robin's attempt to change his situation by starting a skateboard YouTube channel did not prevent his homelessness.
In Japan, internet cafes (Netto Cafe) offer cheap access to unlimited drinks, free showers, and a place to stay, even if only for 30 minutes.
Robin talks about finding shelter under the roof of a city hall entrance when it rains, as an alternative to his usual outdoor sleeping spot.
He describes the challenges of dealing with heat, bugs, and the fear of dogs and people walking around his tent.
During summer, mosquitoes and heat strokes are common issues for those living outdoors.
Long-term homeless people by the Tama River have created self-sustaining communities, growing their own food and fishing in the river.
These long-term homeless individuals are not counted in government statistics and are essentially 'invisible'.
Robin encounters a large line of people waiting for free food in Shinjuku, which is a stark contrast to the nearby government building and tourist attractions.
The video highlights the growing number of young impoverished people in Japan, suggesting a concerning future for the country.
Robin only has two pieces of clothing, emphasizing the extreme minimalism required for his current lifestyle.
The video concludes with a call to action, encouraging viewers to donate to help homeless people in Japan and to subscribe to the channels for more content on this topic.
Transcripts
my name is Robin I'm 37 I'm Japanese and
I'm homeless so I was working at a real
estate company for 5 years uh before and
but I'm like working hard but my income
is so low there's a lot more homeless
people in Japan than Japan actually
admits to you're not counted in the
government statistics
either you don't exist
right as a country with 125 million
people Japan boasts one of the lowest
rates of homelessness in the world 0%
which makes it seem as if Japan has
solved the problem of homelessness
entirely that is until you look a little
bit
closer there are some 15,000 young
people that are living in internet cafes
that do not have an address and do not
live
anywhere and Villages of homeless people
that are evicted from the major cities
and forced further and further out we
found thousands of these people
shockingly young along the Riverbanks of
the Tama river outside of Tokyo living
in the worst conditions you could
imagine man this is like something out
of a horror
story this is a side of Japan you are
not supposed to see the invisible
homeless and then ear
phone toothbrush
okay one more time oh there you
go so usually this is my set
setup I put my skateboard in the side
and and I use my bag for
pillow and then I have my sleeping
bag uh summer then I just maybe put on
top or just like go like this do you
feel safe outside you know it's funny
first I don't feel safe and I got used
to it already once I close this I can
kind of feel like I'm
home I got used to it how long have you
been homeless one year and 1 month yeah
why are so many young Japanese people
suffering right now you know we have to
work hard for like a low income there so
I was working at a real estate company
for 5 years uh before and I I got
depressed like ubo is depress depression
yeah and and the older people keep
telling me you know you're too weak and
and and then they telling me about their
story that they used to work so hard and
they're they're still happy and
energetic but I feel like they get a lot
of income at the same time so you're
motivated I feel like I'll be the same
right if I keep getting big income and
then work hard I don't mind I feel like
but I'm like working hard but my income
is so low and that doesn't match the
motivation so I think that's why my
personal experience I feel like that's
why a lot of young people um is stressed
there has been no increase in the
Japanese average income in the last 30
years in fact it's kind of gone down so
you're working just as hard for less
money nobody can really buy a house
they're all renting they're all paying
high amounts for the deposit they're all
working a lot of hours maybe days a week
it's hard for young people in Japan
right now I'm like should I quit and
find new job or go all in on YouTube and
then yeah and then I just went all in on
YouTube so I'm doing skateboard YouTube
channel right and I thought after I
skate across Japan um I think
everything's going to go good but it
didn't go good yes uh yeah I'm still
homeless yes I thought 100,000 followers
your like stable YouTuber but apparently
it's not without a house how do you stay
clean how do you shower how do you brush
your teeth uh in Japan we have this
thing called internet cafe Netto Cafe um
and they're kind of cheap too um you
know you get unlimited drink and and you
get you can you get free shower and it's
like maybe if it's only for 30 minute
you get it's like 600 Yen something like
that today the weather's nice but what
do you do when it rains sometimes T at
the like a city hall there's like a
little roof in the entrance so but that
one I I have to like go there after it's
closed maybe around like I'll go there
like around 9 or 10 and then leave like
4: or maybe 3: in the morning you're
dealing with heat you're dealing with
bugs you're dealing with cold you're
dealing with um dogs walking around your
tent people too yes that's scary that's
scary and the summer what I hate too is
uh there's so many mosquitoes and we
when you just have one mosquito in your
tent you can hear that kind of sound
that you can't sleep too um you get like
a minor heat stroke in the morning you
get like little headache um and and then
you just cannot sleep is like I I'll be
like pretty like literally naked inside
but like I still sweat like the inside
is like moist uh like humid humid there
you can you can always put on more
clothes in the winter but you can't take
anything off when you're down to nothing
and then you're just hot and there's no
air conditioner it's hard enough trying
to survive this sweltering Japanese
summer going between camping outside and
resting in manga cafes but we also met
much longer term homeless people by the
Tama River living deep within the woods
in some of the most shocking conditions
you can imagine
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I hear the sound of a TV somebody's got
a TV back
here this is kind of crazy
there's laundry over here this looks
really organized
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look at how organized this
is oh they've gotten an entire Farm
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it some of the people back here have
been here here for over 20 years they
were exiled from Tokyo and forced to
move further out of the city where they
now grow their own food they fish in the
river and they wash their clothes there
and none of these people are counted as
homeless in the government
statistics they don't
exist W spider what it's a giant spider
web man this is like something out of a
horror
story don't be going back here
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alone I did not sign up for snakes or
spiders wow 95° outside right now can
you imagine living out here no shower no
running water they're in their 80s
living out
here and they've been out here for at
least 15 years at least since the Japan
Kingdom Builders started this program
it's just crazy they built their
themselves an entire Farm on this land
it's kind of crazy and for Japanese
homeless people that have escaped being
evicted from the city the situation
downtown wasn't much
better so over here you have all the
tourist line signed up to go up to the
government building in Shinjuku and they
probably have no idea that right next to
them is a giant line of 200 people for
free food they probably think this is
some kind of event but it's
not it really feels like we've uh gone
to the city's Underground on top of us
there's the government building and all
the high ranking government officials
and now we are down in the bows of the
city where they're handing out free food
to people struggling and then you have a
mix of tourists that are here just not
really knowing what's going on and they
see a big line of 200 people they
probably have no idea they're giving out
free food cuz of course hey there's no
poverty in Japan right but I'm making
this video to point out that what you
see is probably not what you think it is
in a lot of cases especially around
downtown Shinjuku various Parks there's
quite a lot of homeless people and some
of them I'm shocked to see are very
young men which is uh concerning cuz
normally it's just elderly men but
there's a lot of young men out here too
between the decline in the Japanese
economy stagnant wages and a rising
elderly population that is increasingly
dependent on government Aid the future
of Japan is not looking very hopeful
especially with the rising number of
very young impoverished people people in
this country but just because you can't
see it on the surface doesn't mean it
doesn't exist just like our friend
here I didn't see clothes in your bag
how many clothes do you have so just
just one the one I'm wearing and the and
just one more that's that's it just two
that's bare minimum yeah can you imagine
doing this at
70
no it's hard enough to do this at 37 but
for those guys we're trying to get them
off the streets and into housing and you
can help that you can help make a
difference by making a donation to akid
see the video description and make sure
you subscribe to his channel subscribe
to my channel give this video a like and
we'll continue to take on topics like
this so thank you so much for your time
I appreciate it thank
you yeah bone
M it's better than the family Mark
chicken right yes better than family my
chicken better than
Su and cuple cup noodles yes yes for
sure if you like this video I guarantee
you're going to love my series on the
dark side of Japan exploring different
slums and things you had no idea existed
in this country go ahead watch a couple
right now you won't be disappointed
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