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Blog Action Day: 2008 – Poverty博客行動日：2008 -貧困

As the title says today is Blog Action Day and the theme this year is Poverty.正如標題說，今天是博客行動日和今年的主題是貧窮。

Living in Japan, arguably one of the wealthiest countries in the world, you get to see a lot of “In Your Face” poverty.生活在日本，可以說是一個最富有的國家在世界上，你會看到很多的“在你的臉”貧困。 Around the main stations and public parks and in particular at night you will see cities of cardboard and blue plastic sheets pop up out of nowhere.圍繞主站和公共公園和特別是在晚上，你會看到城市紙板和藍色塑料布彈出從無到有。

At first it was easy for me to ignore it and say it's the governments problem but as time goes I realize it does have an impact on me.起初對我來說很容易忽視它，說這是政府的問題，但隨著時間的推移，我知道它有一個影響我。 As you can see from the picture below this is not a small problem.正如你可以看到下面的圖片，這是不小的難題。

I don't know the official government policy on looking after homeless people, and I am sure like most countries it's probably ignore it and it will go away eventually.我不知道政府的官方政策，照顧無家可歸的人，我相信大多數國家一樣它可能忽略它，它會最終消失。 Guess what, it won't go away.告訴你，它不會消失。

After a couple of years of treading the same shopping path from Shinjuku station to Yodobashi West Exit, I  came across the same guy selling the經過幾年時間裡的踩在同一購物路徑從新宿車站西口的淀橋，我碰到同一個人出售 “Big Issue” “大問題” , which I would purchase, he always asks in perfect English if Japanese magazine is OK, yes it's still OK like last month.. ，我將購買，他總是要求完美的英語，如果日本雜誌是美好的，是它仍然像上個月行.. it has become one of my rituals in Japan.它已成為我的一個儀式在日本。 In addition to purchasing the除了購買 “Big Issue” “大問題” I now give him some  cash every month..我現在給他一些現金每月.. and quite frankly I don't care what he does with it as long as it makes his existence a little happier.而坦白的說我不在乎他是否與它，只要它的存在使他有點幸福。 During winter months I also give him a small care package with heat packs, some cold medicine, face masks etc..在冬季的幾個月，我也給他一個小型醫療包熱包，一些感冒藥，口罩等。 Guess it's my own private charity…猜猜這是我自己的私人慈善機構...

Step back, take a look around and ask yourself, can I spare $100 a month..退一步，採取環顧四周，問自己，我可以備用每月100美元.. the answer is yes..答案是肯定的..

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