that's what brought this worker who we'll call sato to iwaki city. >> translator: the government says it will pay $100 a day. but i initially got 20. the contractors and subcontractors took the remaining 80. >> reporter: when satoo complained he was told his contract had changed, that now hhe owed money for food and lodging. >> reporter: did the yakuza have anything to do with your employment? >> they were a former member of the fukushima branch of a right wing group. >> reporter: but he says the japanese mafia is only a tiny part of the many companies that are getting rich of a $50 billion cleanup effort. >> translator: it is the structure that is evil. wages are skimmed all along the way and the worker at the very bottom actually doing the work sees their pay going down. >> reporter: i spoke with a tepco spokesperson in tokyo who defended the company's handling of workers. isn't this tepco's responsibility, after all these workers are working for you. >> translator: if there are labor practices occurring that violate the law, there is a legal process to remedy those situations. howe