Shiho Fukada’s Photos of Japan’s Employment Situation

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Japan’s Rootless and Restless Workers

Shiho Fukada has been photographing the effects of the economic crisis in Japan, where notions of personal prosperity and lifetime employment have eroded.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/15/japans-rootless-and-restless-workers/

Ms. Fukada, who has been based in Beijing since 2008 and currently travels between New York and China, grew up in Japan. When she started reading about the financial crisis, she needed to see it for herself.