What if someone close to you just vanished one day? That happens to tens of thousands

of families a year in Japan.

Jake Adelstein, author of Tokyo Vice, has been covering Japan's criminal underworld for

30 years, and has seen more people disappear than he'd care to. Including his old accountant

who, as it turned out, was getting up to a lot more than taxes.

On campsite media's latest podcast series, The Evaporated Gone With The Gods, Jake and

his co-hosts Shoko Plambek tried to track him down. And along the way, they explored

what's really happening with Japan's mysterious missing people, the Jihatsu Shah, or The Evaporated.

Subscribers to the binge can hear the entire series at free right now, otherwise listen

weekly wherever you get your podcasts. Check out this clip to hear more.

Steve thought right away that was a strange place for the meeting, especially since

Morimoto's accounting firm was on the other side of Tokyo, which is also where he lived,

supposedly.

At that point, he told us he was living in Tachikawa area, which is far removed from Shinjuku.

But of course, you'd go to your friend if they need help.

So we went there and met him, and we talked to him for a while. But again, this was another

red flag for us because we're never comfortable going down to have a meeting in that area.

So there, after a meeting, he said, I have a meeting with my client.

I didn't necessarily believe him on that because again, you don't meet clients in that area.

You don't do it, especially when you're talking to county and the nature of that area.

I can just picture Steve and Hana after Morimoto walks out of this place, you know, looking

at each other across the table at this Kabuki Joe Cafe.

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