Does Japan Actually Have Zero Homeless - Hidden Away In Plain Sight

[@janolsen9856]

Denmark here! (: In Denmark its called hostile arkitektur and now are "banned" In Denmark if you live on the street its your own choice. There are of course homeless people. But it is posible to get in to a Forsorgshjem in Danish. The you get your own room and 3 meal a day. or make your own food. You get bennefits from the state so you can pay rent get food. All will you wait to get ypur own aparment and will take about 6-12 month. There are other ways to live on the street with night herberg. etc. But its is possible in Denmark to get off the street and get help. TY for your vids. bue the way ive been homeless on and of fore about 25 years and im 52.

[@Gert-DK]

“In Denmark its called hostile arkitektur and now are “banned” In Denmark”. Tell that to the bus station in Odense. And it is now even an old one.

[@louiseerbslisbjerg7854]

Yeah they bsnned it but I see it all over. I live in one of the smaller commuter torns on Vestfyn and use the trains a lot. In Odense they still have those benches in the station, the busstops and what not. It "lokks nice" because of the desugns tgat natches the surroundings but it's hostile to the homeless. Hell, they are even hostile to people such as myself who has chronic pain and cant stand for long. They are awfull to sit on. I've worked in a Forsorgshjem and a shelter and though they are an obtion, the Forsorgshjem are almost always at capacity and many shelters just do kot have ressources to even serve the number of people they are licensed to. It's just... I've met so many people who just want a safe place to sleep and many say the streets are safer for multiple reasons. I wish we could have some sort of safe space rather than the hostile arcitectur :(

[@janolsen9856]

@@Gert-DK well privat buisness and they cant take something down they aleready build.

[@Gert-DK]

@@janolsen9856 Why? If the law has changed, they have to apply to it, private or not. Like traffic laws, you as a private has to follow the rules.

[@Gert-DK]

@@louiseerbslisbjerg7854 Exactly, it is the same benches I was thinking of. They are literally a pain in the ass.

[@Gert-DK]

Good video as usual. If you come to Denmark again, let me know.

[@Zandain]

It's sad that the disregard of a problem; actually over time, becomes 'the solution' ☹️ Forgotten people, with the imagination to disappear from view, becomes a convenient answer to a governmental problem 😢 It should not be this way, in any country with respect for themselves 😵‍💫 Good on you Bryson, for shedding the light! hello from Denmark 🌸

[@Jonsson474]

I agree. Countries with zero or close to zero homelessness do not count in the same way as other countries or are manipulating the figures. In fact, almost no countries count homelessness exactly the same. This makes it extremely hard to compare one country to another. Generally, countries with strong welfare have less homeless people. Even if homelessness numbers are some times higher.

[@DNA350ppm]

Thank you, Bryson, for your thought-provoking journallism - these are important issues. Did you ever read the classic: People of the Abyss, by the great American reporter Jack London, when in school? It is now 120 years ago he published it, but it came back to my mind all through this episode. You are clearly moving in his footsteps, it impresses me! Here in Sweden we see those uncomfortable benches and sturdy locks against sleeping rough, too. Parks are not gated and locked, to my knowledge, as in London many times. But as all humans need sleep, the homeless can have it really difficult. I think I saw a secretive homeless man once take a commuter-train very early in the morning just to sleep on the long stretch from Malmö to Karlskrona. But I'm not sure. I couldn't forget it. We supported homeless people selling a magazine called Aluma, it was a good initiative. I am so seldom in a bigger town nowadays, so I don't know how this initiative survived the pandemic years. Home, food, work, and health care are definitively basic human rights - aren't they? (And wars are the greatest terror, and destruction of environment and climate, to add the causes that concern me deeply.) It is so important to support human dignity. Thanks a lot!

[@Kimiotazunete]

who told you Japan has 0 % nonono so many homeles Japan ! you can find any place n Japan. Im Japanese

[@DNA350ppm]

Who helps?

[@wattie1057]

I thought Japan would look after their people better than that.We have a lot of homeless but the Govt houses them in motels and a lot sleep in cars,the Govt promised 2 elections ago they would build 100,000 new homes in there first time in office,a bunch of university taught,who had never done a days work in their life,of that promise they built 500 not a very good rate of build!!!!

[@j.p.h.8126]

I wonder what Bryson is doing now since there has been no new videos in a long time?

[@beorlingo]

That's what I thought 🤔

[@itsmebrysonp]

Thank you for caring and wondering what I have been up to. I needed to take a break for a while and take care of other aspects of my life. I feel bad about abandoning everyone but it was a unfortunate necessity. I should be making videos again on a consistent bases.

[@j.p.h.8126]

@@itsmebrysonp Good to hear from you again. Some times its good to have a little break.

[@Sabine00KH]

Where are you? 🙂

[@berryinurpssy5597]

everyones who lived in tokyo saw homeless ppl

[@JonnyOlenius]

Well we in Sweden atleast dont spike our nonexisting homeless! We are humane and make it smoother….

[@JonnyOlenius]

I cant add the picture for some reason

[@JonnyOlenius]

Nor the link… wow. Sweden? Did you just Multiblock my opinion?

[@baronvonlimbourgh1716]

What happened to this channel? 5 months no video..

[@beorlingo]

Not even a community post makes you think...sus...?

[@itsmebrysonp]

My apologies

[@itsmebrysonp]

Nothing sus about it. I disappeared for my own health. All is good and I appreciate you still hanging around and commenting even when I haven't been around.

[@stiglarsson8405]

Well yes one have to scrutinice a bit more to every country and even understand a lot of there culture! So I have some fresch statistik frome sweden.. 33800 homless people officialy registred, becuse they living insitutional ( I think they speak about singel males shelter (ungkarlsboende)) suport homes, (often womens shelters or women with children shelters) and to lesser extens psykiatrik and/or drugadict shelters. On top of that, one can ad at least 200 or more, thats 34000 of 10,5 miljons.. and about those 200 or more, they are that long gone that they dont seek help anymore.. its juste this one dont survive a swedish winter outside!! Soo they seek shelter at church and volontary organisation on the coolest days, get some bread and soup and some comforting words.. "Jesus love you all"! Those moste prominent is the Salvation army and different Pentecostal churches, and a few non religius organisations! Its still this.. those organisations get goverment and/or municipal suport.. money/free rent/low rent and often runs "flee markets"! There there "customers" can start there new way to an ordinary job! And then to the backside, its calld "gentrifying".. sweden is still a rich country, our "middleclass" needs more and expensive houses/flats.. and no beggars/homeless on the street.. for there childrens safety! Soo we tear down old houses with low standard to build new ones with higest standard, those are not cheap to buy or rent! It makes it more difficult for people outside of the competetive "middle class"! And worste for those not competetive at all!

[@thiscouldntblowmore]

i dont think GETTING OFF DRUGS is a choice one can make without serious help, especially when talking of like meth and opioids, but starting / not starting to use drugs certainly is a decision thats up to the individual. Drugs and crime in general is so easy not to do, like you actually have to usually make a EFFORT to do either one, so not doing them required you to actually do nothing at all, which is the easiest thing ever.

[@DNA350ppm]

I think we understand too little.