Nippon Wo Suteta Otoko Tachi Philippines Ni Ikiru "Konkyu Hojin" (Shueisha Bunko)

[Machine Translation] There are hundreds of Japanese men living in destitution in the Philippines, a country of everlasting summer. Some are chasing women they met at Philippine clubs, others are dupes in sham marriages.... It is the poor people of the Philippines who extend a helping hand to these "impoverished Japanese" who have no money and no home to live in. This is a reportage that exposes the problems of modern Japan through the men's terrible way of life. Winner of the 9th Ken Kaiko Nonfiction Award.

常夏の国フィリピンで、困窮生活を送る何百人もの日本人男性がいる。フィリピンクラブで知り合った女性を追いかけてきた男、偽装結婚のカモにされた男...所持金ゼロ、住む家もない彼ら「困窮邦人」に手を差し伸べるのは、フィリピンの貧しい人々だった。男たちのすさまじい生き様を通して現代日本の問題点をあぶり出す、渾身のルポルタージュ。第9回開高健ノンフィクション賞受賞作。