The Evaporated - Series Overview

What if someone close to you just… vanished one day?

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.

Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

And to go behind the scenes: