A new sweet shop operated by Tokyo's Edogawa Ward offers work opportunities and a place to spend time to ward residents who have locked themselves at home and withdrawn from society.
The Yorimichiya shop is located near Mizue subway station on the Toei Shinjuku Line. It sells various kinds of dagashi, or cheap, old-fashioned sweets.
"I hope they will come here to relax and it will help bring them into the workforce," Mayor Takeshi Saito said at an opening ceremony on Sunday.
