These are not the view of Japan that we normally see. Shiho Fukada shows us how some elderly people in Japan fare. It is not a story unique to Japan.
SEE http://www.socialdocumentary.net/exhibit/shiho_fukada/728
End of Labor Town: Dumping Ground of Old Men in Japan
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Border-Blog- Letter to my friend: I’m On My Way MartinMartin, man of dignity and courage, Lomas del Poleo, Summer 2009 Dear Martin, I said I would be back to Lomas and I haven’t been back in a year now. It’s crazy. I drive to work in Las Cruces three times a week and I look to the west and I can see you, I […]
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- Do You Have Shares In Hell?Street kids on Avenida Technologico, Juarez – 2010 Pictures? More pictures of dead bodies in the streets of Juárez? Hard to want to do. I’m not visiting. I live here. It’s better when you have to get the images for your boss/editor and then high-tail it to the airport. But, I’m not working for a […]
- AnnouncerSalvador Valentino, Ring Announcer El Paso, Texas – May 23, 2010 Share and Enjoy: […]
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- Era(s) Coming and GoingTown plaza, Zaragoza, Chihuahua-05/08/2010 Share and Enjoy: […]
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- Letter to my friend: I’m On My Way Martin