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| Ushitsu Case |
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| In September 1977, a North Korean resident in Japan who had been engaged in espionage for North Korea and received orders from North Korean authorities, took his Japanese acquaintance, Mr. KUME Yutaka, in Tokyo, aged 52, out to the coast near Ushitsu, Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa prefecture, and delivered him to North Korean agents who came by a spy ship.
This North Korean resident was arrested by the Ishikawa prefectural police.
The Japanese police seized data which support espionage and also obtained a specific and detailed deposition by the suspect about the circumstances of the abduction, the motive, and the situation.
As a result of investigations based on such evidence, it is believed that Mr. KUME Yutaka was abducted by North Korea, and then taken to the country.
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The Police have obtained an arrest warrant for North Korean agent, Kim Se Ho, who is the principal offender of this case, and had him placed on Interpol’s wanted list. The Police also submitted a request to North Korea, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, for the extradition of Kim Se Ho.
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