Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Friday visited a temporary shelter for people who have lost their jobs and homes and said he felt he could share the frustration spreading among the unemployed and needy.
“I felt that they are frustrated in that they are not getting the information they really want,” Hatoyama told reporters after visiting the facility set up in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward to provide meals and accommodation during the year-end and New Year holidays.
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