The Quiet Army

Dec 8th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). A salaryman reads a manga magazine during his commute on a subway train bound for central Tokyo.

Dec 4th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). The Japan's capital skyline from a train crossing a bridge over Tokyo bay.

Dec 2nd 2016, Tokyo (Japan). Salarymen inside the lounge area of a business building in Marunouchi, one of Tokyo's most exclusive business districts.

Dec 8th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). A salaryman observe the city skyline from the top of a business building in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's main business districts.

Dec 2nd 2016, Tokyo (Japan). A salaryman walks under a freeway bridge in Marunouchi, one of Tokyo's most exclusive business districts.

Dec 14th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). Salarymen at work in an office building in Roppongi, Tokyo.

A salaryman (who preferred to remain anonymous) portrayed in front of a busy crossing in Shibuya, one of Tokyo's main business districts.

Dec 10th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). In a parking lot near Tokyo's Shibuya station, a salaryman smokes a cigarette at the end of his working day.

Dec 14th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). Daimon, one of Tokyo's busiest business districts. During the evening rush hour, several salarymen walk under a rail bridge.

Office buildings in Daimon, one of Tokyo's busiest business districts. The office lights are still on in the late evening.

Dec 2nd 2016, Tokyo (Japan). Two salarymen during a smoke break inside a business building in the Kachidoki area. The illuminated Tokyo tower is in the background.

Dec 10th 2016, Tokyo (Japan). A commuters' train leaving Shibuya, one of Tokyo's main business districts.

With more than 35 millions inhabitants and a 1.9 trillion US$ GDP, Tokyo is the world’s most populous metropolitan area and largest urban economy. The office workers are best known in Tokyo and the rest of Japan as “salarymen”.

Tokyo skyline at night from the top of a buliding in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo's main business districts.