# Thread missing?  Man from japan found in apt 20 years after death

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**Created:** [January 4, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654 "2007-01-04T05:19:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654/1 "2007-01-04T05:19:09Z")

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There is a particular thread I wanted to find but can’t seem to find it. I wanted to see if Wikipedia had a story on it and if so how it would be written.

A man was found 20 years after his death in an apartment in Japan.

I’ve done some googling and can find quotes of the 2004 reuters story of the event but can’t find the story itself.

I remember the thread discussing it but can’t seem to find it under any of the search terms I’ve put in.

Could anyone please find me this thread?

A million thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654/2 "2007-01-04T05:23:22Z")

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I meant for this to be in ATMB… sorry.

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654/3 "2007-01-04T05:46:42Z")

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[Here you go!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=261166)

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**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654/4 "2007-01-04T05:50:55Z")

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Here is a link to an article about it.

[http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2004/06/11/story151799.asp](http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2004/06/11/story151799.asp)

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2007, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-missing-man-from-japan-found-in-apt-20-years-after-death/386654/5 "2007-01-04T06:03:55Z")

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Moved to ATMB.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator