Wat als iemand die dicht bij je staat op een dag gewoon… verdwijnt? Dat overkomt jaarlijks tienduizenden families in Japan, en het gebeurde ook met Jake Adelstein in 2018, toen zijn accountant vlak voor de belastingdag verdween. Adelstein, de auteur van Tokyo Vice, en zijn co-host Shoko Plambeck gaan op zoek naar deze verdwenen accountant en nemen ons mee op een reis door de fascinerende en bizarre wereld van Japan’s johatsu, ofwel “verdampte” mensen.
What if someone close to you just … vanished one day? That happens to tens of thousands of families a year in Japan, and it happened to Jake Adelstein, too, back in 2018 — when his accountant disappeared, just before tax day. Adelstein, the author of Tokyo Vice, and co-host Shoko Plambeck go in search of that missing accountant, and take us on a journey into the fascinating and bizarre world of Japan’s johatsu, or “evaporated” people.
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One mystery is solved – Morimoto is alive. But finding him raises a question: Do those who disappear to start a new life have the right to stay missing?
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