A 58-year-old man was found unharmed in the town of Okabe, Shizuoka Prefecture, early Saturday after allegedly being abducted Monday in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward, police said.
According to investigators, Toshimitsu Chong, a South Korean resident of Japan who also uses the Japanese surname Kawahara, rushed into a nearby eatery for help after he was released along a road in Okabe at around 12:50 a.m. Saturday. The town is about 200 km southwest of Tokyo.
There were welts on his hands and face as if he had been bound, and police were trying to confirm that he was not injured and question him for more details about the alleged abduction.