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Eviction of Homeless Men in Tokyo |
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Forced eviction Demolition/destruction Dispossession/confiscation |
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| Date | 03 July 2008 | ||||||||
| Region | A [ Asia ] | ||||||||
| Country | Japan | ||||||||
| Location | Tokyo | ||||||||
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| Brief narrative |
JAPAN : More eviction of homeless men from their tent communities in Tokyo (July 3, 2008) Now, 34 homeless people living in tents in Miyashita Park (in Tokyo`s Shibuya District) are facing the possibility of being evicted from the tent community where they have been living for many years, because the city is moving ahead with it plans to fully renovate Miyashita Park and make it into "Nike Park". This is not only an issue of eviction of homeless people but also an issue of the wrongful commercialization of public spaces and the city`s poor being socially excluded from even public spaces. A group of people from various backgrounds have organized together to support the homeless men living in Miyashita Park and established the "Coalition to Protect Miyashita Park from Becoming Nike Park." Source: http://www.achr.net/news.htm | ||||||||
| Costs | € 0 | ||||||||
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