People without jobs, homes leave temporary shelter in Tokyo

People without jobs, homes leave temporary shelter in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Unemployed and homeless people line up for a bus leaving from a temporary shelter in Tokyo's Ota Ward on Jan. 18, 2010. The last group of around 200 people left the shelter after the end of a Tokyo metropolitan government project to provide accommodation during the year-end and New Year holidays.

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