Generally speaking, Japan is very good at not giving things away for free. They pull it off, AFAIK, by figuring out...
By creating two types of business, new niches are opened up--for instance, it turns out internet cafes make useful overnight accommodations
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It would make no sense for a cafe to be open 24 hours, but a place that charges by the hour? Why not?
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And then in catering to the new needs of overnight customers, internet cafes diversify their own work, providing laundry, showers, breakfast
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It's wonderful to follow how one kind of work leads to another like this--watching an economy grow and diversify in real time
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