Want To Start A New Life? THIS Country Allows Its Residents To Erase Their Past And Rebuild From Scratch

Have you ever felt the urge to start a new life, abandon your name, home, work and everything that depends on the life you know?

In Japan, it’s not just a thought experiment. For thousands of people who choose to delete themselves quietly every year, it is a fact that chooses to leave their families, careers, debts and identities without trace.

What does ‘Johatsu’ mean?

This phenomenon is known as ‘Johatsu’. The term Johatsu (蒸発) literally means “evaporation” or “disappearance .. The word consisting of two canji means: 蒸 (jō) means “evaporation or vapor” and 発 (hatred), ie “occurs or spread”. But Johatsu is not about the disappearance or kidnapping of people. It refers to individuals who are deliberately disappeared as participants in their own erasing, not as a victim.

In the 1960s, he was recognized to describe a phenomenon intentionally lost from their lives to escape various personal issues from unhappy marriages to overwhelming social and financial pressures.

Contrary to typical losses, Johatsu is not always sought by the police, nor is they not always accepted as “loss .. In Japan, it is seen as a last strategy to escape the lives that are not illegal and become unbearable for many.

What is the reason behind Johatsu?

In the middle of all this, a question arises: Why would someone get away from everything?

Japan is a nation known for order, discipline and social expectations. Success is not only celebrated, but also expected. And failure, especially public failure, may feel as a way of death.

Some people are crushed under the weight of financial collapse. Others are trying to escape from toxic marriages, domestic violence or suffocating working environments. Many of them are overwhelmed by constant pressure to be successful and to adapt. And when the failure comes, the shame can be so intense that it feels less painful than encountering and encountering consequences.

They disappear to start their own lives, elsewhere, to start someone else.

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How do they disappear in a country like Japan?

In a constantly developing country like Japan, how do people disappear with the latest technology?

The answer lies in services known as ‘Yonige-Ya’ or ‘Night Transport Companies’.

According to the 2017 Time Report, depending on the complexity of the case, the services can cost any place between 50,000 and 300,000 (roughly 29771.56 RS to 178629.39).

From a legal point of view, Johatsu, who is deliberately disappeared, is not considered a crime in Japan. Adults have the right to move away from their lives and unless there is evidence of criminal activities such as kidnapping or foul game.

For families remaining, this legal and bureaucratic gap can be destructive. In most cases, renting a special detective becomes the only appropriate option to raise a popular beloved person or reveal the reasons behind his disappearance.

In some cases, families finally receive a call or letter, months or even years later, they want their loved ones that they are alive, but not to contact again.

In essence, Johatsu is not only about physical loss; About whom. It reflects a painful truth: for some people, disappearing feels safer than asking for help.

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