[Japan] - A Japanese man with a 'self-defense briefcase' has made a living in 'night moving' — helping battered women disappear without a trace

[UltimaOnline]

• Naoki Iwabuchi specializes in a peculiar business — helping battered women disappear without a trace.
• He carries around a discreet "self-defense briefcase" that opens up into an armored plate.
• "Night moving is sloppy and there's always trouble," Iwabuchi told the South China Morning Post.

In the small town of Chiba, just 32 miles from Tokyo, Naoki Iwabuchi works out of a nondescript office. Dressed in a sharp, black suit, he speaks in a low, measured voice, detailing matter-of-factly how he is in the business of "yonigeya" or "night moving" — which essentially involves helping people disappear.

In 2021, about 80,000 people were reported missing in Japan, per Statista. Of these "jouhatsu-sha," or "evaporated people," many of them chose to disappear because of debt, to escape domestic violence, or just to start over elsewhere, per a documentary by the South China Morning Post.

Iwabuchi's business is one of many that helps people, particularly abused women and victims of stalking, disappear from society and travel to a safe place, the SCMP revealed in a documentary released on March 19.

But it is a job full of risk and danger. He carries a discreet black "self-defense briefcase" with him at all times, which opens up into a shield with a layer of armor inside it. He also travels with a retractable baton-like device which he says he uses for protection.

"Night moving is sloppy and there's always trouble. I don't think a day goes by without trouble," Iwabuchi told the SCMP, adding that he always assumes "the worst" will happen.

He started his business 16 years ago after finding out that there was an increase in women facing domestic abuse who "just couldn't run away." He decided to step in and help them disappear, he told the SCMP.



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