Yoichi Hatta: The Manhunt For One Of Japan's Most Wanted Fugitives (Documentary)

On the 29th of June 2022, two college students return to Beppu city after driving around on their motorcycle and scooter. The two stop at a local shopping center at which one of the students has a strange encounter with a man in his 20s, who out of nowhere starts falsely accusing one of the students. Both students quickly leave and discuss the strange confrontation while waiting for a traffic light a few minutes from the scene. Suddenly, an accelerating vehicle is heard behind the two students, and before they can properly react, the car crashes into the motorcycle and scooter. While the two young men fight for their lives, the driver of the car runs off into the darkness of the night. During his escape he is captured on multiple CCTV cameras, after which he disappears all together in Beppu’s harbor area. A manhunt for the man, who is later identified as 25-year-old Yoichi Hatta, is promptly established by investigators who more than 2 years later still grasp at straws for his whereabouts. Why did Hatta crash his vehicle into the two students after a seemingly irrelevant argument? Can the incident be classified as murder? What are potential theories as to Hatta’s whereabouts? And how are the bereaved family members and friends dealing with the passing of their loved one? Let’s take a closer look at the incident and subsequent manhunt related to one of Japan’s most wanted man. If you have any information regarding the whereabouts of Yoichi Hatta, please contact the following channels: English: “Hit-and-run incident in Beppu City resulting in the death of a student” Beppu Police Station Phone number: 0977-21-2131 日本語： 「別府市における大学生死亡ひき逃げ事件」 別府警察署 代表電話：０９７７－２１－２１３１ Maps with all place markers are available for free on Patreon:   / mrrhetorica   Handmade English subtitles will soon be available through YouTube’s subtitle function. Police case name: 別府市における大学生死亡ひき逃げ事件 If you’d like to support the bereaved family to change charges to murder to extent the statute of limitations, visit the Beppu Wishing Association/Beppunegaukai 「別府願う会」petition, website and social media accounts: Petition Change.org: https://chng.it/gZk5HxR8h5 Beppunegaukai website: https://beppunegaukai.hp.peraichi.com/ Beppunegaukai X: https://x.com/beppunegaukai Beppunegaukai Instagram:   / beppunegaukai   Beppunegaukai Threads: https://www.threads.net/@beppunegaukai Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 2:47 Timeline 11:11 Investigation 25:11 Yoichi Hatta 37:30 Whereabouts 46:53 Aftermath 54:45 Conclusion Music: Asher Fulero – Forest Lullabye Myuu – Underworld CO.AG – The Edge Of Silence CO.AG – Forebidden CO.AG – No Birds Sing Quincas Moreira – Nature Nurture Video sources: • ‪@ANNnewsCH‬ • ‪@News_ABEMA‬ and X @News_ABEMA • ‪@regent_deka‬ • ‪@tbsnewsdig‬ • ‪@obs_news‬ • ‪@tos4120‬ • ‪@FNNnewsCH‬ • ‪@NHKWORLDJAPAN‬ • ‪@asahicom‬ • ‪@oab8320‬ • X and Instagram @beppunegaukai • X @ShinjukuSokai • X @Office_Rough23 • X @oita_police • X @ri_zento_deka • X @tkzwgrs • Hatta’s TikTok account:   / userfk4qwga081   Information (includes but not limited to the following sources. Due to the description word limit, only 1 link per source is referenced): • Website and social media pages of the Beppunegaukai • Pref. police page: https://www.pref.oita.jp/site/keisatu... • TBS: https://newsdig.tbs.co.jp/articles/ob... • NTV: https://news.ntv.co.jp/n/tos/category... • NHK: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2024... • TOS Online: https://tosonline.jp/news/20230526/00... • Asahi TV: https://news.tv-asahi.co.jp/news_soci... • Bike-news.jp: https://bike-news.jp/post/322464 • News Post Seven: https://www.news-postseven.com/archiv... • Sankei News: https://www.sankei.com/article/202307... • Ben54: https://www.ben54.jp/news/611 • FNN: https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/721059 • Bengo4: https://www.bengo4.com/c_1009/n_16718/ • Yomiuri: https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/kyush... • Asoboolog: https://asoboolog.com/news-mixed/news... • Mainichi Shimbun: https://mainichi.jp/articles/20220929... • YTV: https://www.ytv.co.jp/miyaneya/articl... • Luckykan: https://www.luckykan.online/?p=8 • Ameblo: https://ameblo.jp/shukanshincho/entry... • Sukimayomi: https://sukimayomi.com/hattayoichi-sm... • Friday Kodansha: https://friday.kodansha.co.jp/article... • Yahoo News: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/38f... • Show occult blog: https://note.com/showaoccult/n/n2e058... • Abema TV: https://times.abema.tv/articles/-/101... Comments are taken from replies to YouTube videos, Instagram and X posts to the sources linked above. #mystery #japan #unsolvedmystery