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.

Probably he is just ashamed of going back home with empty pockets

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.

The average brazilian wage is about 400 american dolars and I think that 400 dolars is the mininum to live on Brazil with some dignity… anyway is always better be near our family on the bad times, specially in this case where the money he’s gaining do not worth to stay so far alway from then.

オーバーステイの外国人に対する準用については、過去には認められていたものの、近年は基本的には準用は適用されなくなってきているようです。これまで認められたケースも僅かながらありますが、現状では各自治体はそのケースごとに保護の必要性を判断しており、それぞれの外国人に対する生活保護の見解はまだ統一されておらず難しい状況が続いています。
http://www.ko-kekkon.com/jo-ho/2006/04/post_171.html

外国人の人口比率が広島県で最も高い海田町は、自動車関連工場などで非正規労働に従事し、大量解雇された日系ブラジル・ペルー人の再就職を支援する生活相談会を県と合同で１４日に開くことを決めた。１４日の相談会は、スペイン語とポルトガル語の通訳も同席。生活保護相談や就職情報提供のほか、ハローワークによる雇用保険の受理会もある。
http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/welfare/090108/wlf0901081951001-n1.htm

a)Special Permanent Resident
b)Permanent Resident
c)Spouse of Permanent Resident.
d)Refugee
e)Those who are not gaining a refugee status,buthad applied for one.

The above man don’t fit in any of these category.Though he should have getting unemployment pay from his former employee which is enough to pay him one way ticket to Brazil.I’d imagine he either spend that or send that to his family back home…..

As long as your are in the pithole of skill-lessness then you will most likely stay there for the rest of your life unless you do something about it

Anyway, it’s kind of shocking and hard to believe that collecting garbage in Japan is better than his helpless jobless situation in Brazil (even being with his family).

It’s called “investor confidence”. Basically, when people don’t have confidence, they don’t invest. Instead, they save money as insurance from a faulty economy. The economy is faulty because too many people are saving money.

The world economy up till recently had been established on a fantasy foundation. Fantasy foundations are obviously not as solid as a tangible ones. Think of it like an old Acme cartoon, where the character runs off a cliff, and keeps running in the air. That’s the economy as it was. Suddenly, the character looks down and realizes he’s in the air, and that’s when he plummets. That’s the economy as it is now.

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.

To R: He has a Japanese name as he is part-Japanese in ancestry. I assume too that his work visa has not yet expired.

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

I guess it come down to who has the better gomi, Japan or Brazil.

I find it hard to believe that earning 300-some yen on random days would make enough money to cover the fee to send money overseas (or even the postage to send bills), much less feed a family. Even in Brazil.

Of course, sending money home helps his family but it surely doesn’t do his situation in Japan any good.

I don’t know what would be the best thing to do, maybe there’s really not much chance to get work in Brazil, but there won’t be that many chances for workers without special skills in Japan as well for quite a while.

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

with a free apartment and free utilities (TV was on), he should try subletting to get some cash. save some of that up and he can fly back home.

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?

very strange…at minimum, IMHO, his goal should be saving to go home.