Dis-Armor project relates to Japanese society specifically firstly because the high-school age students are constantly under pressure to do better and thus they often get traumatized. Speaking of the problems Japanese young people have to face in their daily life, Wodiczko states, “They are pushed to pass more and more exams, and to prove themselves in a theatre of desperate progress, governed by early-modern values.”(Wodiczko 44).  

Secondly, technology plays a very important role in the lives of Japanese youth. Thus, highly-technological project as Dis-Armor could serve as an attractive solution even for high-school refusers, who in this way protest against the social norms imposed on them.

More on the influence of technology in the lives of Japanese youth.