You are talking out of blue. Were they beggars like in your Indonesia or were the vagabonds who do not like to work? They are almost always drunk, unclean and unkempt without taking bath. You can call them lazy vagabonds but not beggars in the usual meaning of the word. These people just do not want to work.I have seen them with my eyes while in Japan. You can see them in and around Shibuya wards. Beggar is exist in every country. Although in Japan case their is not in large number though recent economic hardship and dwindling of Youth workforce will mean more hardship for gov. spending to provide social protection in near future
Have you seen any of them moving with bowls in hand like it is in Indonesia? there is no economic hardship in Japan although a little negative news is propagated as big in a very poor country like Indonesia. Its unemployment rate is below 2.8%. This figure is called Zero unemployment in the economic terms. Read the recent news below and click the link for further information:
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/01/30/business/economy-business/japans-labor-crunch-leads-tightest-job-market-40-years/#.W0QtI2D7Rdh
An android robot is seen at a reception desk of Henn na Hotel Tokyo Ginza in Tokyo on Jan. 26. The government said that there are roughly 150 positions available for every 100 job seekers. | REUTERS
Japan’s labor crunch leads to tightest job market in 40 years
BY NORIYUKI SUZUKI
KYODO
Job availability rose to its highest level in 44 years in 2017, the central government said Tuesday, the latest sign that labor is in increasingly short supply as Japan enjoys a phase of modest economic growth.
The jobs-to-applicants ratio improved to 1.50 in 2017, the highest since 1973 when it hit an all-time high of 1.76. This means that 150 positions were available for every 100 job seekers.
The unemployment rate, meanwhile, fell for the seventh straight year to 2.8 percent, the lowest since 1993, government data showed.
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