岡本祥浩氏の討論に対する回答  [in Japanese] THE AUTHOR'S ANSWER TO DISCUSSION BY YOSHIHIRO OKAMOTO  [in Japanese]

The author thanks for raising some important questions as to the definition of the homeless and the way to monitor its population. The author agrees with Mr. Okamoto that the expression regarding the common way of defining the homeless should be rephrased. The author also argue, in response to Mr. Okamoto's discussion, that the relationship between the social and economical context and the definition need to be further analysed, though the objective of the paper in question does not cover this. The author also tries to clarify how the analysis of monitoring framework was conducted in the study.