Tent village in central Tokyo draws some 400 homeless people

Tent village in central Tokyo draws some 400 homeless people

TOKYO, Japan - Homeless people line up to get a meal at a temporary tent village in Hibiya Park in central Tokyo on Jan. 4. The tent village has drawn around 400 people without jobs or homes since it was set up by volunteers on New Year's Eve for the New Year holiday period.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001131299
  • Registered date
  • 2009/1/04 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2009 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1247 × 1889 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 840.35(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Homeless people leave Tokyo shelter

    Homeless people leave Tokyo shelter

    TOKYO, Japan - Homeless people line up for paperwork before leaving a government-run temporary shelter at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2010. More than 800 people stayed at the shelter, which was closed the same day, during the year-end and New Year's holidays.
      Homeless people leave Tokyo shelter

      Homeless people leave Tokyo shelter

      TOKYO, Japan - Homeless people listen to Cabinet Office adviser Makoto Yuasa (R, top) on the closure of a government-run temporary shelter at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo on Jan. 4, 2010. More than 800 people stayed at the shelter during the year-end and New Year's holidays.
        Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

        Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

        TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays.
          Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

          Tokyo gov't sets up shelter for laid-off dispatch workers

          TOKYO, Japan - People who have lost their jobs and homes enter the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo to stay at a temporary shelter opened by the Tokyo metropolitan government inside the center on Dec. 28, 2009. The shelter was set up to provide meals and accommodations for them during the year-end and New Year's holidays.
            Population of tent village for homeless tops 250

            Population of tent village for homeless tops 250

            TOKYO, Japan - Homeless people line up to get a free lunch at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Jan. 2. The ''year-crossing temp worker village'' was launched in Hibiya Park in front of the Imperial Hotel, one of the country's most luxurious hotels, to provide free food and shelter for homeless people including laid-off temporary workers who have been forced to leave accommodation provided by their employers.
              Population of tent village for homeless tops 250

              Population of tent village for homeless tops 250

              TOKYO, Japan - Homeless people form a long line to get a free meal at Tokyo's Hibiya Park on Jan. 2. The ''year-crossing temp worker village'' was launched in Hibiya Park in Tokyo to provide free food and shelter for homeless people including laid-off temporary workers who have been forced to leave accommodation provided by their employers.