ASAHI SHINBUN PUBLISHING
The kidnapping and murder of Murakoshi Yoshinori (4 years old), takes 2 years and 3 months to solve. The clues that lead to the capture of the perpetrator of this greatest kidnapping case in the postwar era, are tape recordings made from repeated telephone calls demanding ransom payments. Headquarters detectives deduce that the voice is that of a middle aged man with a Northern Japanese accent. The voice is broadcast nationwide over radio and television, to call out for everyone's cooperation. More than 10,000 tips are received from citizens, which demonstrates that the rapid spread of TV and radio has begun to turn Japan into an "information society." However, despite the prayers of the nation little Yoshinori is never seen alive again.