Down and out in Osaka
Japanese "Blues Karaoke", hip hop, improvised shelter villages in city parks, black market goods, cheap labour, begging and protest are all part of the homeless life in Osaka, Japan's second largest city. Osaka has the largest homeless population in Japan, a population that was soaring even before the economic crisis began.
In June, Osaka's homeless began rioting against police brutality and eviction plans.
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