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In Japan homelessness increased sharply due to the rise in unemployment in the 1990s. HistoryAt the beginning of the 1990s, the homeless in Japan were viewed as nuisance. The government tried to get rid of the street people "because the environment there needed beautification". Due to endless bureaucratic obstacles, it was quite hard for the homeless to obtain benefits that they might have been eligible to receive. Only in 1997 did Tokyo at last acknowledge the existence of the homeless and start negotiating. In 1998 officials claimed there were around 3,700 homeless in Tokyo alone. Homeless support groups estimated the number to be close to 5000 and indicated that this number was rapidly increasing. Homelessness has grown noticeably more widespread in Japanese society since the collapse of the Japanese asset price bubble across the 1990s, and the resulting 'Lost decade' of economic stagnation. This has resulted in higher unemployment, a contributing factor towards potential homelessness. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  thewhitesintokyo.files.wordpress.com 333px x 500px | 137.90kB [source page] Old discards Another home built into the bank under a tree  media.collegepublisher.com 275px x 275px | 44.60kB [source page] Media Credit Hirokazu Kore eda  blogs.reuters.com 330px x 490px | 105.40kB [source page] people in the United States one of the wealthiest countries in the world is difficult to pin down advocacy groups say because most people are homeless for only a short period of time The National Alliance to End Homelessness estimates about 675 000 people are homeless on any given night during a one month period Between 2 5 million and 3 5 million Americans experience From Yahoo Image Search: "Homelessness in Japan"  thehopenetwork.org wordboy Sat, 16 Oct 2004 07:00:00 GM Cyber . homelessness. masks the true number of . homeless. persons in . Japan. . Many of those not fortunate enough to get a hostel room, cubicle or cyber lounge to sleep in live on the streets. In 2000 their was a cautious estimate of 25000 ...  japanwindow.com unknown Sat, 08 Oct 2005 09:50:00 GM Go to this site for an extremely insightful (and well photographed) look at . homelessness in Japan. . Andy @ 2005-10-08 22:49:37; MaA o odwaA ne zdjAe cie. coding ISO-8859-2 {Malo odwazne ...  jeff-fukuoka.blogspot.com jeffjrstewart hu, 12 Apr 2007 12:09:00 GM Not like . homelessness. is a good thing at all or anywhere, but if you're going to do it anywhere, . Japan's. the place. Rather than using cardboard boxes, it's standard to make a home out of a wooden frame, and cover it with tarpet to make ... From Google Blog Search: "Homelessness in Japan"
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Q. Kawamoto, one of Japan's richest men, said he plans to open eight of his 22 Kahala homes to needy Hawaiian families. They will be able to stay in the homes rent free. He has been criticized for evicting tenants of his rental homes on short notice so he could sell the properties, as in 2002 when he gave hundreds of California tenants 30 days to leave. Two years later, he served eviction notices to tenants in 27 Oahu rental homes, mostly in pricey Hawaii Kai, saying they had to leave within a month. He said he wanted to sell the houses to take advantage of rising prices. He has said he tried to pick working, single mothers. Some neighbors are unhappy with Kawamoto's plan, speculating that he is trying to drive down real estate values so he… [cont.] Asked by dougie - Fri Mar 23 11:50:04 2007 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Do you think the people could afford to pay property taxes and uitlites on these multi-million dollar houses? That's what they would legally be responsible for if they actually owned them. To actually give them title to the houses would be no charity at all. They would be back on the street and homeless in just a few months. By letting them live in the houses, rent-free, he's giving them a chance to get back on their feet. Answered by aladdinwa - Fri Mar 23 12:02:11 2007 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Homelessness in Japan"  youtube.com Thu, 01 Feb 2007 13:00:05 PST 1AM and homeless at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo . youtube.com.  youtube.com Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:05:45 PDT Dark side of the Tokyo... ... short film tokyo japan homeless photography b&w ... youtube.com.  youtube.com Tue, 14 Oct 2008 17:29:23 PDT It's a very exciting show for September - We have excellent segments from Lebanon, Japan (by way of Seattle), Italy, New York, and Colorado ... youtube.com. From Google Video Search: "Homelessness in Japan" |
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