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Tokyo; Fukushima; Sendai

Shizuya Nishiyama, a 57-year-old homeless man from Hokkaido, speaks during an interview with Reuters at Sendai Station in Sendai, northern Japan, December 18, 2013.

Japan’s homeless are being recruited to clean up the radioactive debris at Fukushima

December 30, 2013Business, Economics and Jobs

Clean up of the Fukushima nuclear disaster is not an easy job. The hours are long and the pay is low. So contractors hired to do the task have been recruiting homeless men to clean the radioactive debris.

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