How Japan’s 660 most wanted stay hidden: slums, day labour and forged IDs

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A month-long Japanese police campaign is seeking hundreds of wanted suspects, including people connected to notorious crimes dating back decades. The article examines how some evade detection by using forged identification and living in precarious or transient settings.

A month-long police campaign in Japan to track down hundreds of suspects sought over the nation’s most notorious crimes, some dating back decades, underscores what analysts describe as the surprising ease with which individuals can vanish, even in the country’s highly bureaucratic society. The nationwide drive, officially designated the “Month for Strengthening Investigations into Wanted Suspects”, began on November 1. Through official websites and social media appeals, authorities are urging...