Osaka, Japan. February 6, 2020. Kogane Zawayosihiro, 86 years old, is a former yakuza. During his life, he has known the street, loneliness and crime. His various passages in prison brought him a security that he no longer had outside. For the past few years, he has been living in a modest rest home. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 8, 2020. From the 60th floor of the Harukas300 tower, there is a panoramic view of the city of Osaka and its surroundings. At 300 meters above sea level, the view is 360 degrees. Osaka JAPAN
Tokyo, Japan. January 31, 2020. An elderly gentleman carries some personal belongings on a cart and looks at the area under the bridge that connects Tokyo to Yokohama. Many homeless people live under this bridge. During the fall of 2019, a typhoon ravaged the banks of the Tamagawa River, destroying in the process many makeshift shelters where several hundred elderly people had taken refuge. Tokyo JAPAN
Yokohama, Japan. January 31, 2020. This old man lives under the access bridge between Tokyo and Yokohama. He comes to feed a cat that lives next to his makeshift shelter. Solitary, he speaks little and lives apart. Yokohama JAPAN
Tokyo, Japan. January 28, 2020. A homeless, demented, loud-mouthed old man has isolated himself in a little-used access corridor of Shinjuku Station. The station will soon close and he will have to return to the nearby street. Tokyo JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 6, 2020. An elderly man is reading a book under the shelter of an umbrella in a gloomy alley of the Kamagasaki district. This district, known as the largest slum in Japan, is above all a place riddled with precariousness. Thousands of daily workers find themselves there every day and for lack of sufficient work, find themselves on the street, without a job. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 6, 2020. A statue placed near several makeshift shelters in the Kamagasaki district. This district, known as the largest slum in Japan, is above all a place riddled with precariousness. Thousands of daily workers find themselves there every day and for lack of sufficient work, find themselves on the street, without a job. Osaka JAPAN
Kawasaki, Japan. January 31, 2020. Shiro-san, 60 years old, has not lived under the bridge for a long time. When the sun is shining, he comes to drink sake and smoke cigarettes with two other homeless people living under the bridge too. In the background, a training ground for amateur golfers. Yokohama JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 9, 2020. An elderly man is watching television in the triangular square of Kamagasaki district. This screen is turned on a few times during the day. Because of the precariousness of the place, some elderly people come to see the TV news on this public screen. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 7, 2020. A man is sleeping in a sleeping bag along the railway track bordering the Kamagasaki district. A frequent street scene in this neighborhood. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 10, 2020. In the triangular square of Kamagasaki district, dozens of elderly homeless people come to have a meal distributed by a community of catholic sisters. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 6, 2020. An old lady comes to spin her laundry in one of the many laundries of the Kamagasaki district. The majority of the inhabitants of the district live in an extreme precariousness. As a result of the employment crisis, the average age is particularly high. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 6, 2020. An elderly homeless man, drunk, fell asleep in the street. In the district of Kamagasaki, the old people live in a great precariousness. Osaka JAPAN
Yokohama, Japan. January 31, 2020. An old man fell asleep under the access bridge to the city of Yokohama. This man has been living under this bridge for several months in great precariousness. Not far from him, dozens of kitchen utensils. Yokohama JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 9, 2020. In the Kamagasaki district, the elderly residents are trying to cope by any means. Here, a man is carrying bags of canned aluminum cans for resale. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 9, 2020. Alcoholism is taking its toll on the elderly living in the Kamagasaki district. In this district where thousands of daily workers reside, the employment crisis has made many elderly people homeless. Osaka JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 5, 2020. Kitsuregawa Prison is the largest and newest prison in Japan. Due to the growing problem of elderly inmates, an entire ward is dedicated to them within the rehabilitation center. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. In this area dedicated to elderly inmates, about 30 inmates produce handicrafts and respect a very strict disciplinary protocol. The inmates are about to leave the production area to join the dining hall. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 5, 2020. The community bathroom in the elderly inmate ward of the Kitsuregawa Detention Center. Bathing is culturally a public moment in Japan through the traditional onsen. The prison is trying to adapt its facilities for its specific prisoners. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Le 25 Juin 2017, à proximité de la centrale nucléaire de Tihange, non loin de Liège, départ de la chaîne humaine devant relier Tihange à Aachen en Allemagne afin de protester contre l'utilisation de la centrale nucléaire de Tihange en Belgique. On 25 June 2017, near the Tihange nuclear power plant close to Liège, the human chain linking Tihange to Aachen in Germany was launched to protest against the use of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium. Tihange JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 5, 2020. Kitsuregawa Prison is the largest and newest prison in Japan. Due to the growing problem of elderly inmates, an entire ward is dedicated to them within the rehabilitation center. Two guards walk through the covered areas to drop off documents. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. In this area dedicated to elderly inmates, about thirty inmates produce handicrafts and respect a very strict disciplinary protocol. The Kitsuregawa Rehabilitation Center is the largest prison in Japan. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. Outdoor space dedicated to elderly inmates of Kitsuregawa Rehabilitation Center. Due to the increase in delinquency among the elderly, the prison had to create a dedicated block for them. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. An elderly inmate eats his evening meal in his cell. Like all the other elderly inmates, the day is dedicated to work in the production facilities. At the end of the afternoon, everyone goes back to their cells. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. Several elderly inmates wash their hands and rinse their mouths after eating. The dining hall is located in the workshop building. Lunch is over and work resumes. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. Kitsuregawa prison is located 2 hours by train from Tokyo, in the province of Tochigi. Very remote in the Japanese countryside, it is the largest and most recent prison of the archipelago. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. Two security officials from Kitsuregawa Prison walk through a covered walkway leading to the ward for elderly inmates. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 9, 2020. Keshigomu-san, 63 years old, smokes a cigarette in his room. For 3 years in Kamagasaki district, he has known the street and thanks to a local association, he has just found a very small apartment. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 10, 2020. A local association helps hundreds of homeless people in Kamagasaki district by offering a building with a dining room, showers and beds. Osaka JAPAN
Le 25 Juin 2017, à proximité de la centrale nucléaire de Tihange, non loin de Liège, départ de la chaîne humaine devant relier Tihange à Aachen en Allemagne afin de protester contre l'utilisation de la centrale nucléaire de Tihange en Belgique. On 25 June 2017, near the Tihange nuclear power plant close to Liège, the human chain linking Tihange to Aachen in Germany was launched to protest against the use of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium. Tihange JAPAN
Saitama, Japan. January 31, 2020. Nakayana-san, 70 years old. After a heavy sentence, this elderly former prisoner is returned to life in an apartment in the Saitama area. Far from his home area, he receives help from the Mother House association. Saitama JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 10, 2020. A local association helps hundreds of homeless people in Kamagasaki district by offering a building with a dining room, showers and beds. Many former daily workers come to take shelter from the cold and have a hot drink before the night. Osaka JAPAN
Osaka, Japan. February 10, 2020. In the Kamagasaki district, probably the poorest district in Japan, known as the country's largest slum, an old hotel continues to house elderly workers. The place doesn't meet any safety standards anymore but it allows a modest accommodation for a modest price. Osaka JAPAN
Kitsuregawa, Japan. February 13, 2020. An elderly inmate returns to his cell to have his evening meal. The procedure is the same every day, he has to enter and sit with his back to the door before the guard closes it. Kitsuregawa JAPAN
