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.

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yoda (L), president of GS Yuasa Corp., and Takeo Fukui, president of Honda Motor Co., shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for their joint venture plant to produce lithium batteries for hybrid cars in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 21.

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.''

Poor People's World Summit opens in N.Y.

Poor People's World Summit opens in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Makoto Yuasa (R), a Japanese helping the homeless, voices his views on Nov. 15 at the Poor People's World Summit to End Poverty which opened in New York the same day. The three-day international event, the first of its kind, was organized by the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a Philadelphia-based organization, to promote cooperation among those fighting poverty around the world.

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

Honda to expand hybrid market through battery JV with GS Yuasa

TOKYO, Japan - Makoto Yoda (L), president of GS Yuasa Corp., and Takeo Fukui, president of Honda Motor Co., shake hands during a groundbreaking ceremony for their joint venture plant to produce lithium batteries for hybrid cars in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on April 21. (Kyodo)

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.'' (Kyodo)

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. (Kyodo)

Poor People's World Summit opens in N.Y.

Poor People's World Summit opens in N.Y.

NEW YORK, United States - Makoto Yuasa (R), a Japanese helping the homeless, voices his views on Nov. 15 at the Poor People's World Summit to End Poverty which opened in New York the same day. The three-day international event, the first of its kind, was organized by the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, a Philadelphia-based organization, to promote cooperation among those fighting poverty around the world.