Name Sex Born Circumstances of disappearance Current status Yutaka Kume Male c. 1925 Disappeared September 19, 1977 from Noto Peninsula, Ishikawa Prefecture North Korea denies any involvement[9] Megumi Yokota Female October 15, 1964 Disappeared November 15, 1977 from Niigata, Niigata Prefecture Allegedly died on March 13, 1994 in North Korea [date was originally announced as 1993 but was later corrected by Pyongyang] Minoru Tanaka Male c. 1950 Disappeared in June 1978.