Temp workers given shelter, appeal for aid for unemployed

Temp workers given shelter, appeal for aid for unemployed

TOKYO, Japan - Temporary workers who have lost their jobs and places to live in the current economic slump and other homeless workers line up to apply for new shelters offered by the government in Tokyo's Chuo Ward on Jan. 5 after their ''tent village'' in Tokyo's Hibiya Park was closed.

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