Volunteers from non-profit organization Moyai Support Centre for Independent Living giving out food handouts to people in need in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo. While Japan has seen a comparatively small coronavirus outbreak, with around 4,500 deaths so far, and avoided the harsh lockdowns seen in other countries, poverty campaigners say the most vulnerable are being hit hard. - AFP
TOKYO, Jan 19 (AFP): Yuichiro welled up as he collected a food parcel at a Tokyo outreach event offering help to the growing number of Japanese pushed into poverty by the coronavirus pandemic.
"There is no work. Absolutely none," said the 46-year-old, until recently a construction worker, while clutching a small plastic bag of essentials on a cold winter street in the capital.
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