Really sad. Thank you for posting.
Peace and best wishes. Xi On Jan 10, 3:48 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > This is not just scary any-longer this is just very heartbreaking! > > TOKYO, Japan – The 61-year-old construction worker had walked by these > sorts of people before: Bums he always quietly called them. Homeless, > these men and women slept in the parks and looked as if they didn’t > have much to look forward to. > > As he now stood in line for a hot meal in Hibiya Park, the man told us > he couldn’t believe he was one of them. > > “I wasn’t ready when this happened,” he said, breaking down in tears. > “It happened all of a sudden. That’s why I ended up here.” > > The construction worker, who asked us not to use his name, was told on > Christmas Eve that his company was bankrupt. He was already living > paycheck to paycheck in Tokyo, one of the world’s highest rent cities. > One of the benefits of the job, he said, was corporate housing. Now he > was out of a job and a home. > > Restructuring has already begun at Japan’s major companies like Sony, > Canon, Toyota, and Honda. Those export-driven companies depend on the > hunger of the global consumer. But as the credit crunch narrows the > ability to borrow and consumer confidence plummets around the world, > those companies are posting record losses and looking to staunch the > red. Job cuts are part of the equation. Toyota announced this week it > would try and save as many full-time jobs as possible but that 3000 > temporary workers would be cut by the end of 2009. > > http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2009/01/09/japans-temporary-workers-in-... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
