But in any agreement, he would ask the federal government "to include language for people harboring illegals," as a way to deal with the problem of immigrants living in cramped housing.

Noise, pollution, cramped housing and clogged traffic have plagued Seoul for years.

By making it hard to put up the tall blocks of flats of the sort that span the skylines of most capitals, the government condemns Tokyo to low-rise, cramped housing.

And while they are given cramped housing and low salaries, the governing system gives them the right to make most of the nation's policy virtually unhampered by politicians.

Further, these women assert, she might not hold such conservative views on abortion if she had seen more of everyday life in the cramped housing of Poland's cities.

Political corruption and favor-trading show how unevenly Japan's new wealth has been spread between a favored elite and a squeezed middle class that endures long commutes and cramped housing.

With its crowded roads, overstuffed commuter trains and cramped housing, Japan would hardly seem to be in need of more people.

They often live with large families in cramped housing.

The very mention of Stepney and Whitechapel to a 20th-century ear suggests cramped housing, urban poverty, the cheapest property available on the 'Monopoly' board.

Japan, rather more effectively, makes its consumers' savings available as low-interest capital to industry, but forces its citizens to endure a lower standard of living, cramped housing and long commutes.