Woman Kneels In Her Ramshackle Shelter

(Original Caption) 10/29/1949-Tokyo, Japan-Publication by the government of a White Paper on Housing has caused considerable comment by the press. It was revealed that more than 3,500,000 dwellings are needed. Approximately 10,000,000 people in the country are forced to share quarters and live in crowded conditions. A young mother is shown in her Tokyo "home" which is partly a cave.