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The inside of an internet cafe booth. | Photo: Destebani. Creative Commons |
‘Net café refugee’ is discriminatory, café association protests
After the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare presented statistics suggesting that there are now some 5,400 people who get by as day laborers and spend their nights in internet café booths, dubbed “net café refugees” by Japanese media, the Japan Complex Café Association (JCCA) issued a statement on Wednesday protesting on the usage of the word, saying it is a discriminatory.
The JCCA, , representing some 1,300 cafes, pointed out in their statement that “there are certainly some (among our customers) who have a hard time getting regular employment, but for the JCCA, these people are very important customers.“
The statement also went on to criticize the news reports of painting an exaggeratedly grim picture of the situation. “Some reports make it seem as if groups of vagrants and homeless people gather at the internet cafés every night. We would like media to consider how such reports can scare away customers.“
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