In this Sunday, March 16, 2014 photo, men walk in Kamagasaki, Osaka, western Japan. Japan’s biggest slum, Kamagasaki, is visible just blocks from bustling restaurants and shops in Osaka, the country’s ...

Every year, tens of thousands of people in Japan go missing on purpose to get a second shot at life. The South China Morning Post spoke to two men who have disappeared from their old lives. "I was ...

In 2020, the United Nations’ data revealed that almost 1.1 billion people had been living in slums or slum-like conditions. The UN estimates that by 2050, nearly two billion more individuals will be ...

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