EP17 - The UFO Episode

EP19 - The Sugamo Child Abandonment Case

In 1988, acting on a tip from a concerned landlord, local officials visited an apartment in Tokyo's Sugamo area. They found three children, malnourished, and living on their own, and the corpse of another. It was later determined that the children had another sibling who couldn't be located. Here the sad details of the case in this episode.

EP18 - Miyako Hiraoka

In 2009 college student Miyako Hiraoka disappeared while walking home from her part-time job. Closure wouldn't come until 2016, after a seven year investigation, but with a shocking twist. Find out what happened in this episode of True Crime Japan. Contact info: Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/599855356835724/ Email truecrimejapan@gmail.com

EP17 - The UFO Episode

Don't skip just yet!!!. We promise you some fun stories, after all, our main beat might be crime, but who says we can't have fun outside our comfort zone? From the land of the rising sun, we bring you 3 stories about encounters of the third kind. Contact info: Facebook group www.facebook.com/groups/599855356835724/ Email truecrimejapan@gmail.com

EP16 - The Inokashira Park Dismemberment Case

One of Tokyo's most bizarre unsolved cases - in the early morning light of one of the city's most desirable neighbourhoods, park workers discovered garbage bags full of what they thought were small, very precisely cut pieces of fish... Not exactly. The bags contained the remains of a man, apparently murdered and dismembered while returning home from drinks with a coworker, all within his own neighbourhood. Who killed him and disposed of his body. We investigate. Contact info: Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/599855356835724/ Email truecrimejapan@gmail.com

EP15 - The Akagi Shrine Disappearance

In 1998, Noriko Shizuka, disappeared while traveling with her family to the picturesque Akagi Shrine. She stepped away from one group of relatives to catch up with her husband. Curiously, as family members watched Noriko walk off, she veered away from the direction of the shrine and disappeared from view. Noriko Shizuka hasn't been seen since. What happened that day and where is Noriko? Contact info: Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/599855356835724/ Email truecrimejapan@gmail.com