It's been a week in 30 days since a girl in the first grade of elementary school in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture went missing.


The police and fire department will search widely along the Edo River, where the girls' shoes and hats have been found in previous searches, including near the mouth of the river.

Asome Minami (7), a first-year elementary school student living in Matsudo City, Chiba Prefecture, went missing around 11:30 am on September 23, one week ago, when she went to a park near her home by herself.



So far, it has been confirmed that a girl who is believed to be Asame was riding a scooter passing by the security camera of a temple in Nagareyama city about 900 meters away from the park near her home.



In the park next door, Mr. Asame's scooter was found. About 300 meters away from there, on the riverbed of the Edogawa River, he found shoes and socks. increase.



Police and fire departments are continuing to search mainly along the Edo River, but on the 30th they will expand the area further and search for clues upstream from near the mouth of the river by boat.



Asame is about 1 meter 15 centimeters tall, her hair is short, and her outfit on the day was a pink short-sleeved T-shirt and blue shorts, so the police are calling for information.



The phone number for Matsudo Police Station is 047-369-0110.

Asame-san is a kind and lively girl.

According to her family, Asome Minami is a kind and lively girl who loves playing in the park.


She loved to eat and was always refilling rice.


It is said that she often went out to play with her family on the riverbed of Edogawa.


Also, according to the elementary school Asame attends, she was always smiling and playing well with her friends.

【The story so far】

Unknown to go out to the park

According to the police, Mr. Asame left his home around 11:30 am on the 23rd.


It is said that she left her home by herself after making a promise to play with her mother in a park near her home.


About five minutes later, her mother chased after her, but Asame was nowhere to be seen in her park.


She said it wasn't raining.

Appearance after 30 minutes on the security camera

A security camera installed at a temple in Nagareyama City, about 900 meters away from a park near my home, showed a girl who appeared to be Asame riding a scooter.


The time was around noon on the 23rd, about 30 minutes after Asame left her home.

Found a scooter

And a kick skater was found in the park next to the temple.


Asame has visited this park several times before.

Found shoes and socks on the riverbed

Also, shoes and socks on both feet were found on the riverbed of the Edo River, about 300 meters from the park where the scooter was found.


It was found at a soccer field on the riverbed, and the grass was trimmed.


According to the family, one of the shoes was found inside out, and the socks of both feet were nearby.

Found a hat on the 28th

On September 28th, a new hat was found at the water intake in Matsudo City, about 1 km downstream from the riverbed where the shoes were found.


A water utility company found it, and the family confirmed that it was the person's because the name was written in hiragana as "Saya" on the hat.

extensive search

The search is conducted by the Chiba Prefectural Police, the Saitama Prefectural Police, which has jurisdiction over the opposite bank of the Edogawa River, the fire department, and the Coast Guard, with boats and divers also participating.


In parallel with this, the police are also analyzing eyewitness information and security camera footage.