article_snippet.sent: Packing it up: Workers for special cleaning put rubbish into a plastic bags at a rubbish-filled flat  in Tokyo .
article_snippet.sent: Hirotsugu Masuda, a worker for special cleaning, checks belongings for documents to protect the owners family from identity theft .
article_snippet.sent: Cleaning away the past:
article_snippet.sent: A worker for a special cleaning team sweeps tatami flooring mats at the flat in Tokyo last month .
article_snippet.sent: Taking the items away: A special cleaning worker loads a van with rubbish from a flat in Tokyo .
article_snippet.sent: Special cleaning workers and 77-year-old flat landlord Yoshie Fukuhara (right) check belongings for documents .