Japan's economy is no exception was once enjoyed double digit growth via exporting its innovative product/technology from "Nitendo Wii"- gaming to "Toyota hybrid car" - automobile. Those heydays of "jobs for life" and other facets of the Bubble Economy are over. In this new and very un-Japanese world, living in an Internet café is no longer an aberration. For many especially those who have lost their jobs and made homeless from the current global financial crisis, it's a lifestyle in Japan.
Tokyoites who can't afford USD $1,250 per month apartments are just doing that.It should be said, however, that many of Japan's Internet cafés offer a level of service and privacy far beyond what many in the West might expect. Private rooms offer TV, comic books, microwave ovens, showers and free soft drinks - in addition to Internet access - at prices ranging from USD $25 per night or USD $500 per month.
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