The problem is that Japan lacks a social safety net, says Makoto Yuasa, the organiser of the Hibiya tent village, who dropped out of a PhD programme at Tokyo University to help homeless people.

• 问题是日本缺乏社会安全网，日必谷公园帐篷群的组织者汤浅实说道。他放弃了在东京大学的博士课程，投身到帮助无家可归者的活动中来。