Osaka – In recent years, the construction of new social welfare facilities around Japan, particularly for recovering drug addicts, has often resulted in fierce opposition from local residents who view them as a threat to their neighborhoods.
The Kyoto chapter of the nonprofit Drug Addiction Rehabilitation Center (DARC) saw residents’ protest movements arise over the building of a group home for recovering addicts in the city’s Fushimi Ward after launching the project in 2018.
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