TOKYO -- Like many Zen-inspired buildings, Okawara's home is a monument to simplicity. The size of a large tool shed, the wooden building blends seamlessly with the surrounding park. His door opens to ...

TOKYO, Nov. 28 -- The Japanese government, recognizing that a decade-long economic slump has created a growing underclass, is moving to subsidize shelters for the homeless. Faced with the expanding ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Kyoko Machiya should be enjoying life with grandchildren. Instead, the 64-year-old's home is a makeshift structure of boxes covered with blue plastic in a Tokyo park. Homelessness in ...

Takeshi Yamashita does not look like a homeless person. From his carefully distressed jeans to his casual-cool navy striped T-shirt, he is every bit the trendy Tokyoite. Yet the 26-year-old has been ...