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Comment by namizaru

There are many valid reasons for yonige(night run away) or johatsu(literally evaporation) in Japan, but there are pernicious side effects.

Loans and leases in Japan most often require a guarantor. If the primary loan holder disappears, the guarantor is stuck having to repay the loan or pay out the remainder of the lease agreement.

I personally know a family devastated when they found themselves on the hook paying out a loan for a close friend they had known from childhood while trying to build their own business.

parent namizaru 6 years ago

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