What if someone close to you just…vanished one day? That happens to tens of thousands of families a year in Japan, and it happened to Jake Adelstein, too, back in 2017 — when his accountant disappeared, just before tax day. Adelstein, the author of Tokyo Vice, and co-host Shoko Plambeck go in search of that missing accountant, and take us on a journey into the fascinating and bizarre world of Japan’s jouhatsu, or “evaporated” people.
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EPISODES
CREDITS
HOSTS Jake Adelstein and Shoko Plambeck
REPORTED BY Jake Adelstein and Shoko Plambeck
WRITTEN BY Jake Adelstein and Shoko Plambeck
PRODUCER Thisanka Siripala
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Josh Dean
STORY EDITING Josh Dean and Amy Plambeck
FACT-CHECKING Annika Robbins and Himari Iwamoto
SOUND DESIGN, MIX AND ENGINEERING Taka Yasuzawa
ASSISTANT ENGINEERING Urosh Jovanovich and Alex Portfelix
PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS Himari Iwamoto and Beni Adelstein
EDITORIAL SUPPORT Aleah Papes, Doug Slawin, and Destiny Dingle