Johatsu – Vanishing People
The Phenomenon of Johatsu: A Critical Analysis of Voluntary Social Disappearance in a Neoliberal Japanese Society The deliberate vanishing of individuals from Japanese society—a phenomenon known as johatsu (失踪)—presents a complex intersection of sociocultural dynamics, economic determinants, and infrastructural mechanisms that facilitate voluntary disappearance at an unprecedented scale within post-industrial societies. This phenomenon warrants careful […]