The "Evaporated People" of Japan in Stories and Photographs
by
Léna Mauger, Stéphane Remael
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
Every year, nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu, or the evaporated,” they are often driven by shame and hopelessness, leaving behind lost jobs, disappointed families, and mounting debts. In The Vanished, journalist Léna Mauger and photographer Stéphane...