Homelessness in Tokyo

Homelessness in Tokyo

Photo taken Dec. 28, 2018, shows copies of the Japanese edition of the Big Issue, a magazine whose marketing is exclusively left to homeless people as a way to support their self-help efforts. A homeless person earns 180 yen for each copy of the 360-yen magazine sold. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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