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An information booth opened Monday in Sapporo, Hokkaido, at which homeless people offer assistance for tourists and sell the Japanese version of the Big Issue magazine, as part of efforts to help such people become financially independent.
The booth on the underground street connecting JR Sapporo Station and Odori Park is operated by five trained staff, who are or have been homeless, for 12 hours a day between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., according to Big Issue Sapporo, a supporting group for homeless people in the city.
The staffers provide directions to places in the neighborhood and information on events being held there for tourists.
The booth was opened after the group made a request to the Sapporo municipal government which owns the underground street to let the homeless have a place to sell the magazine, published in Japan by the Osaka-based Big Issue Japan Ltd. The local government offered the site for the booth free of charge on condition that it also provides guide services for tourists.
The 300-yen magazine, a self-support magazine for the homeless that originated in Britain, has been published twice a month in Japan since 2003 and covers a broad range of topics including business, social affairs and entertainment, the publisher said, adding that homeless people can earn 160 yen per copy sold.
==Kyodo
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