Every year; nearly one hundred thousand Japanese vanish without a trace. Known as the johatsu; or the “evaporated;rdquo; they are often driven by shame and hopelessness; leaving behind lost jobs; disappointed families; and mounting debts. In The Vanished; journalist Leacute;na Mauger and photographer Steacute;phane Remael uncover the human faces behind the phenomenon through reportage; photographs; and interviews with those who left; those who stayed behind; and those who help orchestrate the disappearances. Their quest to learn the stories of the johatsu weaves its way through: A Tokyo neighborhood so notorious for its petty criminal activities that it was literally erased from the maps Reprogramming camps for subpar bureaucrats and businessmen to become “betterrdquo; employees The charmless citadel of Toyota City; with its iron grip on its employees The “suiciderdquo; cliffs of Tojinbo; patrolled by a man fighting to save the desperate The desolation of Fukushima in the aftermath of the tsunamiAnd yet; as exotic and foreign as their stories might appear to an outsiderrsquo;s eyes; the human experience shared by the interviewees remains powerfully universal.
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