The number of out-of-work people taking shelter at a facility provided by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government for the New Year’s holidays rose Sunday to 833, officials said.
Although the shelter at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Shibuya Ward will close Monday morning, the city plans to continue offering food and accommodations at capsule hotels and other facilities, the officials said.
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