Hibiya tent village organizers ask opposition parties for help

Hibiya tent village organizers ask opposition parties for help

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yuasa (4th from R, holding microphone), the organizer of a tent village set up for laid-off temporary workers in Tokyo's Hibiya Park during the New Year holidays, called on opposition party lawmakers to form a more systematic support system for such people at a meeting at the No. 1 House of Representatives lawmakers' building in Tokyo on Jan. 19. Naoto Kan, acting president of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan, promised to take up the issue during ongoing deliberations at the House of Councillors' Budget Committee ''as quickly as possible.''

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