Mystery AtlasJapan
East Asian island nation whose Izu Islands and Hydrographic Department are central to the Devil's Sea legend and the Kaiyo Maru No. 5 disaster, and the site of the unresolved 2000 Setagaya family murder, whose public prominence helped prompt Japan's 2010 abolition of the statute of limitations on murder.
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Related Mysteries
- Setagaya Family Murder30-31 December 2000
Japan was the site of Setagaya Family Murder.
Events
- Our Lady of Akita1973–1981
Japan was the site of Our Lady of Akita.
Japan contains Loss of the Kaiyo Maru No. 5.
Places
Japan contains The Devil's Sea.
Organisations & Programmes
Japan contains Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department.
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Is the Devil's Sea Really the Bermuda Triangle of the Pacific?
Is the Devil's Sea the Pacific's Bermuda Triangle? The real 1952 Kaiyo Maru disaster, the legend Charles Berlitz built on it, and why no danger is official.