SHIMONITA, Gunma Prefecture--A body found on Mount Arafuneyama was confirmed Sunday to be that of missing cartoonist Yoshito Usui, the prefectural police said.
Usui, 51, creator of the internationally known series "Crayon Shin-chan," went missing Sept. 11 after telling his family he was going hiking on the 1,423-meter peak.
The body was transported off the mountain by helicopter Sunday. It was discovered by a hiker Saturday morning some 100 meters below a cliff. Police speculate that Usui may have fallen off the cliff to his death.
He lived in Kasukabe, Saitama Prefecture.
source (IHT/Asahi: September 21,2009)
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