File talk:Salaryman asleep on the Tokyo Subway.jpg

Assumptions
How can the photographer be sure this is a salaryman and not just any other man that simply wears a suit because of a special occasion? This is defamatory, despite the blurred face.

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What is the object on the floor? Is it related to the article?

It's his handkerchief. I took the photograph -- the hanky was in his hand as he slept and slumped over further, and as the commute wore on the hanky slipped from his hand and fell onto the floor.