3 Comments

Interesting! I see these posters daily but didn’t know the backstories of these characters. Thanks for the history lessons!

Expand full comment
author

Nice comment Aaron! The official site, which I forgot to link in the post, is almost completely bereft of details :( [https://www.npa.go.jp/bureau/criminal/wanted/jyuyo2.html]

Personally, I think if the police went into narrative detail for each person they'd attract a lot more public attention -- as you say, the posters just become visual background noise without any context.

Expand full comment

I remember in the 1908s a lot of Japanese orphans came to Japan but as you wrote, it could never be a home for them.

Expand full comment