Suspected Abduction of Cases by North KoreaSuspected Abduction Cases by North Korea北朝鮮による拉致容疑事案について
 Suspected Abduction Case of Ex-diner Employee
 Mr. TANAKA Minoru, an ex-diner employee from Kobe in Hyogo, disappeared at the age of 28 in July 1978. Mr. TANAKA was deceived by another ex-diner employer, who was a Korean resident in Japan, into going abroad under the order of a North Korean agent. Later, Mr. TANAKA was sent to North Korea. The Japanese police interviewed the persons concerned and exchanged information with the authorities and agencies concerned. As a result of the investigation, it is believed that he was abducted by North Korea and then taken to the country.