Kaoru

Joe Yates

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This is a good one. It has been over 30 years (1984) since I was in Japan with the US Marines. I met Kaoru in Tokyo between June & September of 1984. She also came to visit me when I went to Okinawa . I cannot remember her last name or find any letters from the past 30 years but do have pictures of her & us from 1984. Other than this I have no clue where to look. Any advise on how to proceed will be a big help.

Thank You
 
Try hypnosis to recover her name & hometown?
 
Somehow get the picture to go viral. Need a compelling story about unrequited love or something. Something that would want to make people share it and newspapers to write about it.
 
I don't know which newspapers or columns are widely read in Tokyo or Japan, but... you could try to figure that out and post stuff there. You don't need her to read it directly, it just needs to be widespread and written to be something people would mention to anybody named 'Kaoru' that they knew.

Unfortunately for you, Kaoru is a common name. Not as common as Kaori, perhaps, but.... that's kind of like saying 'Jennifer' isn't as common as 'Jane'.
 
Adding to the complication is the fact it is also a man's name.

Even in cases where both first and last names are known and there is an old address or at least some general idea where they lived it is practically impossible to track down most people here. Public records aren't accessible to third parties and in almost all cases it is impossible to look up phone numbers and addresses online. If the woman has since married and you don't know her married name, it is pretty much a lost cause.

Not to rain on your parade, but if this woman meant so little to you at the time that you couldn't even be bothered to remember her last name or hang onto any communications from her, then it looks like you're just trying to get in touch with somebody who was nothing more to you than a hot piece of tail and I doubt any efforts on your part would result in a nationwide viral manhunt or that she would be thrilled at being found under such circumstances even if it did.

Look, I was also military in Japan around that time. Guys our age still had the WWII and Occupation Era veterans around. You never ran into those guys? The ones who in the 1980s told you they were in Japan in the 1950s and asked you "Do you know Sachiko?" And did you not think "Does this guy think there's only one Sachiko in the whole damned country!?!?!" Well, it is deja vu all over again but you have graduated to the starring role.
 
He has a picture. So with a viral story on social media it's certainly possible. Far, far better odds than winning the $1.2Billion powerball.

Not sure if they are still in business but you could also try Ladies Secret Service.

A good viral story here. (Not successful but when the protagonists are > 90 then what do you expect?)
More hopeful stories are here.
 
Adding to the complication is the fact it is also a man's name.

Even in cases where both first and last names are known and there is an old address or at least some general idea where they lived it is practically impossible to track down most people here. Public records aren't accessible to third parties and in almost all cases it is impossible to look up phone numbers and addresses online. If the woman has since married and you don't know her married name, it is pretty much a lost cause.

Not to rain on your parade, but if this woman meant so little to you at the time that you couldn't even be bothered to remember her last name or hang onto any communications from her, then it looks like you're just trying to get in touch with somebody who was nothing more to you than a hot piece of tail and I doubt any efforts on your part would result in a nationwide viral manhunt or that she would be thrilled at being found under such circumstances even if it did.

Look, I was also military in Japan around that time. Guys our age still had the WWII and Occupation Era veterans around. You never ran into those guys? The ones who in the 1980s told you they were in Japan in the 1950s and asked you "Do you know Sachiko?" And did you not think "Does this guy think there's only one Sachiko in the whole damned country!?!?!" Well, it is deja vu all over again but you have graduated to the starring role.
At least you replied an honest answer, thanks man...take care
 
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