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Royle9 · 02-02-2025, 08:58 PM

** UPDATE **

We received text communication about 3 hours ago... but very little detail.

Good news is he's clearly alive, though not answering questions and acting like nothings wrong even though he was told that police and embassy/consulate were contacted.
Bad news is he apparently claims he has "significant charges on his credit card" and "thinks he was drugged" but wont go to police? The saga continues...

I wont get into anymore details, but I want to say I appreciate everyone's help and comments.

I will echo that its VERY VERY important to let people know where you're staying when traveling abroad solo, for this very reason.
Both the consulate and police said that not having any information outside of pictures is simply not enough to help with any urgency and that travelers should let someone know where they are staying. Yep we all know this

I feel stupid typing this but I need to try and see what I can do to help, so hear me out

Brother in law travelled to Japan (Tokyo) a week ago
Staying in an airBNB there as his home base, has been commuting via train outside the city to different ski hills a few times and staying in hotels there.
Has shared multiple photos, videos, phone calls of all the different things he's done, including showing maps of all the walking and routes he's gone on etc.
He calls both my wife and mother in-law daily, usually 2-3 times to share updates/stories or just to say a quick hi.

It's now been 24H and nobody has received anything.

His phone was going straight to voicemail for about 8 hours earlier, within the last 2 hours his phone is back to ringing but then goes to VM.
Hasn't answered emails, texts, facebook/instagram messages etc.

Stupid issue #1 - He wouldn't/didn't share the address or anything of the airBNB he booked in Tokyo. Yep I just said that.
Stupid issue #2 - He hasn't shared hotel information with anyone other than photos of his room and saying its been "pretty cheap" etc
Stupid issue #3 - He has no infinitary at all, he flew there with the intent of staying a month "or so" and just doing whatever he wants (mostly snowboarding) and enjoying a new country for the first time

Mother in-law is absolutely distraught, like the worse case scenario type.. over and over again. Wants to book her own flight, but with no information... not much it would do.

Tried contacting the consulate but its closed? Have left a few messages.
Tried contacting friends, the ones we've contacted dont know either, waiting on more.

I've told them to contact local RCMP to at least get guidance/start a police file that maybe can start something with Telus?

At the risk of this sounding completely ridiculous (and trust me, we're saying it ourselves) what can/should we do at this point? There's absolutely no way my wife or mother in-law will sleep at this point.

02-02-2025, 08:58 PM	#1
Royle9 Franchise Player Join Date: Feb 2010 Exp:	Trying to locate someone abroad (Japan) - No contact 24H UPDATE We received text communication about 3 hours ago... but very little detail. Good news is he's clearly alive, though not answering questions and acting like nothings wrong even though he was told that police and embassy/consulate were contacted. Bad news is he apparently claims he has "significant charges on his credit card" and "thinks he was drugged" but wont go to police? The saga continues... I wont get into anymore details, but I want to say I appreciate everyone's help and comments. I will echo that its VERY VERY important to let people know where you're staying when traveling abroad solo, for this very reason. Both the consulate and police said that not having any information outside of pictures is simply not enough to help with any urgency and that travelers should let someone know where they are staying. Yep we all know this I feel stupid typing this but I need to try and see what I can do to help, so hear me out Brother in law travelled to Japan (Tokyo) a week ago Staying in an airBNB there as his home base, has been commuting via train outside the city to different ski hills a few times and staying in hotels there. Has shared multiple photos, videos, phone calls of all the different things he's done, including showing maps of all the walking and routes he's gone on etc. He calls both my wife and mother in-law daily, usually 2-3 times to share updates/stories or just to say a quick hi. It's now been 24H and nobody has received anything. His phone was going straight to voicemail for about 8 hours earlier, within the last 2 hours his phone is back to ringing but then goes to VM. Hasn't answered emails, texts, facebook/instagram messages etc. Stupid issue #1 - He wouldn't/didn't share the address or anything of the airBNB he booked in Tokyo. Yep I just said that. Stupid issue #2 - He hasn't shared hotel information with anyone other than photos of his room and saying its been "pretty cheap" etc Stupid issue #3 - He has no infinitary at all, he flew there with the intent of staying a month "or so" and just doing whatever he wants (mostly snowboarding) and enjoying a new country for the first time Mother in-law is absolutely distraught, like the worse case scenario type.. over and over again. Wants to book her own flight, but with no information... not much it would do. Tried contacting the consulate but its closed? Have left a few messages. Tried contacting friends, the ones we've contacted dont know either, waiting on more. I've told them to contact local RCMP to at least get guidance/start a police file that maybe can start something with Telus? At the risk of this sounding completely ridiculous (and trust me, we're saying it ourselves) what can/should we do at this point? There's absolutely no way my wife or mother in-law will sleep at this point. Last edited by Royle9; 02-03-2025 at 07:41 AM.