| The authorities of Tokyo have discovered the | | | | wanting to take rest for a couple of hours or for |
| phenomenon of the "friters' generations" the | | | | those who were late for the last electric train. |
| so-called "guests" of the internet-cafes. The local | | | | Nowadays the young generation cannot afford to |
| mass-media reports in increasing frequency that | | | | rent a lodging, the cost of which in the megapolis |
| lately many young people who don't have enough | | | | by the most conservative estimate reaches the |
| sum of money to rent a lodging in Tokyo, have | | | | level of 1300 US Dollars and is forced to search |
| accommodated to spend nights in numerous | | | | for shelter in 24/7 internet cafes. The Japanese |
| institutions of this kind. The cost of being in such a | | | | government has even started an official research |
| café for 5 hours varies within the limits of | | | | on the phenomenon of such young people who |
| 30000 of Japanese yens (20 Euro) including a | | | | cannot afford themselves to rent an apartment |
| breakfast. It is cheaper than a hotel, besides here | | | | and choose as a permanent domicile the 24/7 |
| you have an access to the Internet, the quarters | | | | internet cafes. |
| are equipped with comfortable furniture with | | | | The research will be held by the Ministry of |
| sofas, in some of which the visitors can even eat, | | | | Health, Labor and Welfare with collaboration of a |
| take a shower and buy underwear. | | | | nongovernmental organization which fights |
| The room rent in the megapolis by the most | | | | poverty; the results of it will be known by the |
| conservative estimate reaches the level of 1300 | | | | end of the year. The scientists will visit 3000 |
| US Dollars. | | | | Internet cafes and cross-examine their clients and |
| From the very beginning such luxurious kind of | | | | workers. |
| cyber-cafes was meant for the office clergy | | | | |