Hi.
I apologise if this is not the appropriate place to post this, but this subreddit has wide coverage of tourists, some of who may be in Tokyo at the moment. I am also posting on behalf of a work colleague.
MISSING IN TOKYO – Australian Brendan Curtis-Cocks was last seen Thursday January 1st at 9:30am. He picked up the yellow Suzuki hire car in this photo and was driving back to the LiveGrace Hotel Shibuya to pick up the friend he's travelling with, and they were heading north to go skiing. He called his friend when he was 5 minutes away from the hotel, but never arrived.
*There was a transaction on his card from the Intercontinental Hotel by someone who also has his passport, but family are unsure if this is him, and why he would have gone there much later when he was 5 minutes from his own hotel.
If you know people in Tokyo right now, please share this post with them! I would love every Aussie there to be looking for this car and Brendan! Especially share with anyone staying at either of these hotels.
If you have ANY information about Brendan, if in Japan please go to the police boxes that are all over the city, or the Australian embassy – +81 3-5232-4111 -or if you cannot get hold of anyone then message me and I will pass it along to authorities.
To pre-empt questions – he has been to Japan several times so was not unfamiliar with the city. The most common reason for missing persons in Japan is that they have been arrested BUT local police are actively searching for Brendan, with his friend, and have told DFAT (who are also involved) that they cannot locate him.
Photos of Brendan are available at https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AUMq3731y/.
Thank you
Edit to add: the Facebook page has a comment noting that the issue is the police are currently not assisting, as they will only treat it as a missing person case after 3 days, and they are the only ones who can obtain CCTV footage. This is more a request to contact the embassy if you notice Brendan or his car. Also, I can't answer questions beyond what is on the Facebook post – I'm not directly involved in this and shared it to help a friend.
by SydneyRFC