Japan's 'evaporated': Why do some people choose
to disappear?
"Every year, around 90,000 people are reported missing in
Japan. Most of them are found or return home, but
thousands of others simply vanish. It seems they don't
want to be found. There is even a Japanese word for the
phenomenon: "johatsu", or evaporation. Many make
meticulous plans for their disappearance and cut all ties
with their families to build new lives elsewhere. But why
do they do it? And where do they end up? Our reporters
spoke to investigators, experts and left-behind families to
try to shed light on Japan's "evaporated" people."
See:
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows...e-to-disappear