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As Japan's economy tanks with the rest of the world, Tokyo's famed "capsule hotels," originally created for businessmen who'd missed their evening train, have
turned into extended-stay apartments for the unemployed. Makes you reconsider NYC's
55 square feet apartment, doesn't it?
Labels: economy, Japan, Tokyo, unemployment