The number of homeless people in the country was 9,576 as of January, dropping below 10,000 for the first time since records began in 2003, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a report.
The number dropped by 1,314, or 12.1 percent, from the previous year. The decline was a result of government-supported programs to operate self-support centers and temporary residences for homeless people, a ministry official said Friday.
(Yomiuri)
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