March 02, 2004

The Kamagasaki Gallery. Shamelessly stolen from MeFi, an excellent compilation of photos by Shannon Higgins from the biggest slum in Japan which includes descriptions for every one of them. Also in this issue, comfort women for the japanese imperial army during WWII (thanks to humbe).
posted by Zemat 20 years ago
  • Unbelievable. Thank God for those who are willing and able to take the risks to tell these stories. Thanks, Zemat.
  • Powerful images - more so for the snippets of story with them. A couple of years ago the CBC radio program "Dispatches" (scroll down or search for Japan) ran a story on Japan, its economic depression, and the lack of a social safety network; the 30 minute program is online here [real audio].