http://www.pitt.edu/~pittanth/margolisphd.html

'Yet, while popular and dicsplinary [sic] discourses suggest that 
homeless persons are  disengaged from social norms, this dissertation 
demonstartes [sic] that the homeless in Ueno instead construct 
themselves as preserves of traditional Japanese ideals and cultural virtues.'

Then the homeless people can/must get along well with Tokyo Governor 
Ishihara. ;-)

Masayuki