Japan has a low crime rate, but approximately 85,000 people go missing each year.
These are official statistics, but given the capability and efficiency of the Japanese police, the actual number of missing persons should be much higher; it's just very difficult to determine exactly how many have vanished.
Just today, two of the missing were killed in explosions—one in the morning and one in the afternoon.
The Hirarano General Police Station was a hive of activity tonight, its lights ablaze, as patrol cars with flashing red and blue lights constantly raced in and out. The investigation headquarters had been established, gathering all the elite officers from the Hirarano investigation division, vowing to capture the perpetrator before being ridiculed mercilessly.
