News
A selection of our updates is available in English. The full archive is published in Japanese — see all news in Japanese.
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News Sekai Bivouac has a new website address
The Sekai Bivouac service site has moved to a new URL. Requests are forwarded automatically.
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News Accommodation consultations to get through the day, held on December 30, January 2 and January 4
Additional consultation sessions over the 2025–2026 year-end period, with same-day accommodation arranged after speaking with staff.
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News Launching a crowdfunding campaign
From the year-end period to year-round: a campaign to deliver a warm night and one-stop support to people losing their housing.
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News Toimikke selected for the 14th round of grants from the Social Justice Fund (SJF)
We are grateful to have been selected for the 14th round of grants from the Social Justice Fund.
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Media coverage Sekai Bivouac featured in an information handbook for young people in difficulty, produced by the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Sekai Bivouac is listed as one of the places young people can turn to for help.
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Media coverage Our representative's comments featured on NHK's Tokoro-san! Jiken desu yo — "Recruiting a DJ at a nursery? The reality of gig shift work"
People apply for gig shifts, find the actual work and pay differ from what was advertised, and end up unable to secure a place to stay that night.
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Media coverage Mainichi Shimbun (evening edition, May 30, 2025) introduces Toimikke's work in its Yūrakuchō column
The article discusses our short videos. Alongside social media, we increasingly meet people who say an AI told them about us.
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Media coverage Toimikke featured in Pal System Tokyo's magazine Waiwai (April 2025 issue)
Toimikke was introduced in the "Sowing Seeds for Tomorrow" series.
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Media coverage NHK News "Shutoken Network" (March 5, 2025) reports on Sekai Bivouac
Following the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's report that applications for public assistance reached a 12-year high, we commented on conditions on the ground.
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Media coverage Comments published in Tokyo Shimbun (February 25, 2025) on gig shift work and its affinity with hardship
Comments in an article about a 26-year-old man who spent six months adrift in Tokyo.
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Media coverage Guest appearance on Hori Jun Gekiron Summit (February 10, 2025)
Speaking about the issues surrounding public assistance from the perspective of frontline support.
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Media coverage Asahi Shimbun print edition (February 3, 2025) covers Sekai Bivouac
Our Sekai Bivouac work was covered in the print edition of the Asahi Shimbun.
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Media coverage Asahi Shimbun (January 25, 2025): "If I lose my phone, I'm done" — a 29-year-old in poverty, watching the battery run down
An interview feature published in the Asahi Shimbun's web edition.
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Media coverage Tokyo Shimbun (December 1, 2024): emergency support packages that sustain people 'bivouacking' in hardship
As the cold deepens, demand rises — what the organizations providing the packages see on the ground.
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Media coverage Guest appearance on ABEMA Prime: applications are rising, so why are recipient numbers falling? The reality of public assistance
On the ground we meet people in their twenties to forties every day who work gig shifts at around the minimum cost of living while staying in internet cafés.
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News Toimikke selected for Pal System Tokyo's FY2024 Citizens' Activity Grant Fund
Our second consecutive year receiving this grant, following 2023.
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News Toimikke selected for the Children's Future Support Fund's FY2024 Future Support Network program
We have been selected for the FY2024 Future Support Network program run by the Children's Future Support Fund.
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News Toimikke selected for the Kirin Foundation's FY2024 Kirin Welfare Pioneering Program
An online presentation ceremony was held on April 11, 2024, attended by our Representative Director.
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News [Press release] Toimikke partners on Sekai Bivouac, enabling emergency support for people who suddenly lose their housing, through citizens and ICT
Toimikke has developed a dedicated app and support package for people who suddenly lose a safe place to spend the night and are stranded in the city.