Efforts to tackle homelessness in the Japanese city of Osaka are having knock-on effects that are resolving a series of other issues facing the metropolis – from illegally parked bicycles to ...
As Japan recovers from the worst storm in decades, reports of a Tokyo shelter rejecting homeless evacuees has sparked international outrage.
OSAKA—An eviction order was carried out in Osaka’s Kamagasaki district, the largest town for day laborers in Japan, eliciting ... the morning to remove the homeless people, many of whom ...
The magazine, usually sold exclusively on the street, benefits homeless people who use their earnings from selling it to help them get back on their feet. The Japanese version of the eponymous ...
Ever since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the ward does an annual drill to prepare for disasters. However, how to help the homeless is not part of the exercise. "We should respect the basic ...
TOKYO: Firefighters were on Tuesday battling Japan’s worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead ...
One day while walking around Shinjuku, a major hub for government and business in Tokyo, Japan, I noticed a shelter built by a homeless man. It looked semi-permanent, but more importantly ...