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The Vanished: The Evaporated People of Japan in Stories and Photographs by Lena Mauger (Hardcover, 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 Lena Mauger and photographer Stephane 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 better employees The charmless citadel of Toyota City, with its iron grip on its employees The suicide cliffs of Tojinbo, patrolled by a man fighting to save the desperate The desolation of Fukushima in the aftermath of the tsunami And yet, as exotic and foreign as their stories might appear to an outsider's eyes, the human experience shared by the interviewees remains powerfully universal.

Subject Area
Regional History
Author
Lena Mauger
Publication Name
The Vanished: the Evaporated People of Japan in Stories and Photographs
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Anthropology
Publication Year
2016
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
272 Pages

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