The Vanished: The "evaporated People" of Japan in Stories and Photographs by Lena Mauger

The Vanished: The "evaporated People" of Japan in Stories and Photographs

Lena Mauger with Brian Phalen (Translator)

272 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction art travel reflective slow-paced

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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 Vanish...

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