CNTV news (network news broadcast compiled Jiang Yiyi report) According to Japan News network reported on July 20, in Tokyo, and even Japan and China, can not see a beggar begging along the street, but also can not see the broken arms and legs of the child begging for food. There are no beggars in Japan -- a lovely and perplexing thing about this island nation. "First, the Japanese have a terrible sense of shame and would rather starve to death than ask for a handout," explains Keio University sociology professor Shimada. "Second, people who get something for nothing are looked down upon most in Japan. Third, in traditional Japanese Bushido culture, there is the idea that "poor people can not be short of ambition".

Japan News network reporter interviewed a Japanese homeless old man. The old man rode a bicycle on a rainy night to rush before the garbage collection company to collect all the cans that were disposed of by some restaurants after work. The old man was carrying hundreds of cans on the front and back of his bike. Asked about his income, the old man said that the cans were worth about 3,000 yen. But it was enough to buy plates of instant noodles, two pieces of tofu and a bottle of sake.

According to statistics, there are more than 2,000 such homeless people in Tokyo. Most of them live under the piers of Edogawa Bridges in Tokyo. The piers are used to keep out the rain, and the Edogawa river on the side is used for washing. These "homeless homes" are often made of chunky, sky-blue plastic and contain scavenged cots, small televisions and appliances such as rice cookers. If you're lucky, you'll find a generator.

Usually, homeless people go to the dumpster at the train station, or on the train to pick up magazines that other people have thrown away. They then set up a book stall near the station or even in busy streets such as Ginza at dusk, and sell the magazines to readers for half the price of the ones that are only a few days old. The police in Japan turn a blind eye and turn a blind eye to the issue.

Most of these homeless people are elderly, but occasionally middle-aged. They may have been white-collar workers in the company, or small self-employed owners, for various reasons, and finally led a wandering life. Some people say, "After a year of wandering life, you don't want to go to work step by step, because life without an alarm clock is happy."

Actually, the Japanese government has a special "life protection" policy for its citizens living in poverty. If you have no means to live, you can apply to the local government for "living protection". For example, in Tokyo, people who enjoy the "living protection" can generally receive 120,000 yen (about 9,600 yuan) a month "living protection fund". However, many homeless people in Japan refuse to accept such a good thing, because they think: supporting oneself is a human dignity.

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