Japan aging homeless

OSAKA, JAPAN - MARCH 31: An ambulance talks to homeless man around Airin in Nishinari ward in an area of home to one of the country's largest homeless and Japan, the world's third largest economy, once prided itself on being a universally middle-class society and free of Japan, the world's third largest economy, once prided itself on being a universally middle-class society and free of the poverty with the rest of other wealthy countries, but thousands were trying to live onto the streets to become "homuresu" with the Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Department is a non-profit organization that provides health, labor and welfare services for all men in Japan. Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry reported in early January 2017 there were over 10,890 homeless in Japan, but unofficially there are thousands more under-employed and day laborers who are struggling to survive as the country struggles along with the world economy. (Photo: Richard Atrero de Guzman / AFLO)