Homeless- the word contains more implications than just not having a roof over one’s head. Who are the homeless people in Japan? Professor Tom Gill, a social anthropologist from Meiji Gakuin University, has spent decades studying Japanese homelessness and day laborers, and in today's episode, we sit down with him to discuss his previous work Failed Manhood on the Streets of Urban Japan: The Meanings of Self-Reliance for Homeless Men to learn more about the issues of Japanese homelessness and masculinity.
