The story of a homeless foreigner in Japan

“can’t find a job at home in Brazil?? then what skills did he have to be able to work in Japan in the first place?”

It`s not about jobs, it`s about payment.

Here in Brazil working in a factory he will gain $600 month.
In Japan, same type of job, the payment is around $2.000.

Converting dollars in brazillian reals, it possible provide a life more confortable for hsi family.

But his lost the job, because the crises.

Sorry my bad english, my portuguese is not very god too. 90% of brazilian native population don`t speak portuguese correct anyway. Mahuahuah… XD.

4;27 “支援団体の助けで、生活保護の申請も行った。”
“With the help of a support organization, he applied for welfare benefits”

“It’s hard for me to grasp how the economy of the whole world could go down like this.”

As far as I can tell, it is like a flock of sheep. One panics and the rest panic as well.

Exactly. He’s a bloody disillusioned idiot for believing he can’t make a living in his home country. What are you doing in a far away country if you have a family back home?

what you mean ‘even in Brazil’?

Also why does he have a Japanese surname?

Very insensitive comment.

I’m not familiar with the logistics of government assistance and sending money overseas in Japan, but I’m familiar with how things are in Brazil. Collecting garbage in Japan may seem like a wasteful life, but it would still be better than being jobless and homeless in Brazil with a family to support. I’m guessing with a Japanese lineage this man is from São Paulo or Paraná. From what I saw, a lower-class Brazilian man in São Paulo with no skills would be lucky to get a job that pays any more than US$75 a month. If you’re fortunate enough to be employed, even the most average of jobs with decent skills would average about US$150 a month or less. Most of these people end up on the streets and succumb to violence and robbery just to get by.

Collecting garbage isn’t an option in Brazil. Recycling at large is considered a joke. The only thing that’s worth any money is aluminum cans, which just in recent years has become profitable for anyone who is determined enough to collect 10-20 pounds a day throughout the city.

Whether or not it’s wise or stupid for him to do what he does, kudos to the people who take notice and lend a hand as shown in the video.

Maybe. But I guess there were also many cases that being poor or homeless made those people afterward psychologically devastated.

I once heard about a homeless in the US who had been graduated from Harvard University. He should be quite unlucky having no saving when he lost his job.