Number of missing people for crime-related reasons Japan 2014-2023
Around 479 people in Japan were reported to have gone missing due to crime-related reasons in 2023. A general downward trend can be observed over the course of the past decade. The number of people reported to be on the run, after being involved in crimes like money embezzlement, accounted for about 0.5 percent of the total number of missing person cases during that year.