Japan is a country of cat culture. Idioms like neko no te mo karitai, ("I'm so busy I could ask a cat for help") and neko no hitai (literally "a cat's forehead," but colloquially "not enough room to swing a cat") infuse the language.
The ubiquitous maneki neko, or beckoning cat statues, are symbols of good fortune. So it probably shouldn't come as any surprise that Tokyo is filled with cats, too. Tokyo even has cafes dedicated to them, while a Sony invention means cats can now tweet.
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