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Tokyo to help out ‘Net cafe refugees’ with interest-free loans

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to help out homeless so-called “Net-cafe refugees” who spend their nights in Internet or comic-book cafes by providing them with interest-free loans to help them secure housing.

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