| On August 12, 1978, Mr. ICHIKAWA Shuichi, 23, left home saying that he would go to Fukiage beach with Ms. MASUMOTO Rumiko, who left home saying to her family that she would go there with him.
Two days later, his vehicle was found with the doors locked at the Fukiage beach campsite.
The couple have not yet been found since then.
The Japanese police interviewed the persons concerned, obtained information in the neighborhood, compared this case with a similar one, and exchanged information with the authorities and agencies concerned.
As a result of the investigations, it is believed that the couple were abducted by North Korea, and then taken to the country.
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