In Japan, as some 80,000 folks go lacking yearly, in line with knowledge from the National Police Agency. Some are later discovered, however others vanish utterly, turning into what’s described as an “evaporated person” or johatsu-sha.
The phenomenon is widespread sufficient to have a complete trade constructed round it of specialists who may also help you disappear within the night time. In this SCMP Film, we go inside a neighbourhood that’s a robust draw for individuals who wish to keep hidden and meet a yonige-ya, or night time mover, who braves stalkers, gangsters and knife-wielding exes to spirit his prospects away to security.
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Lamborghini stolen to punish dishonest boyfriend
FNN – Mar 16
A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of theft inflicting damage after responding to a lady’s request to punish her boyfriend who she believed was dishonest on her.
The Dark Secret Behind Japan’s 0% Homelessness Rate
Explained with Dom – Mar 15
In the various ways in which Japan stands out, there may be one explicit factor that makes it utterly distinctive. Despite having a inhabitants of 125 million folks, it’s the solely nation on this planet that has a homeless inhabitants price of just about 0%, one thing that was beforehand thought of not possible.
Japan grants long-term visa to homosexual U.S. man wed to Japanese
Japan Today – Mar 14
Japan has granted a long-term visa to an American man who married his same-sex Japanese accomplice within the United States, in what his consultant referred to as on Monday a “breakthrough” transfer in a rustic that doesn’t acknowledge same-sex marriage.
Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese Nobel literature laureate, dies at 88
Nikkei – Mar 13
Japanese novelist Kenzaburo Oe, winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature who was also called a campaigner for the pacifist Constitution and towards nuclear energy, has died of outdated age, writer Kodansha stated Monday. He was 88.
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