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Tokyo Slums Expose Hidden Poverty Beyond Lights of City
An exposé reveals Tokyo's poorest areas beyond tourist sight, detailing squalor in the Shitara quarter and widespread migration from provinces. The piece notes government concealment of slums, limited access for researchers, and rising urban distress driven by poverty and crowding.
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J. Kingsie