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Homelessness in Japan

A good, but a sad, story in csmonitorL Japan’s homeless face ageism

… most of the homeless are middle-aged or older single men - a unique aspect of the problem of homelessness in Japan, activists say.
“Most of the homeless are systematically eliminated from society,” says [a leader of a support group for the homeless, Mitsuo] Nakamura.

I was not aware that homelessness was such a big problem in Japan. I guess it make sense with recession and all… Also see:BBC’s slide show, and discussion thread at Japan Today Forum. It is a sad problem, when Japan is such a rich and advanced country… (Also: Tokyo’s press release (Jpaanesae)

What YOU can do to help end homelessness by National Coalition for the Homeless

This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 19th, 2004 at 10/19/2004 @ 10:46 am and is filed under Asian Issues. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

One Response to “Homelessness in Japan”

  1. Jenn Says:
    October 29th, 2004 at 10/29/2004 @ 12:08 am

    Daigo! You must be so excited for the Red Sox win! Congratulations! Tell Jenny hello and your son is beautiful! Now he will always remember the year he was born to be the year the Red Sox broke the curse! Take care–Jenn

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