Feature: While Tokyo celebrates New Year, poorest residents still struggle for food aid

TOKYO, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- As many in Tokyo prepare for New Year celebrations, long queues in front of relief distribution points tell an unsettling story about deepening survival anxiety among Japan's poorest residents.

Just days before New Year's Eve, at a food distribution site in Tokyo's Shinjuku district, volunteers handed out modest food packages to those waiting in line: an orange, a piece of fried chicken