This Sunday authorities identified the body found at Arafune mountain as that of the missing Yoshito Usui, creator of Crayon Shin-chan manga. Usui, who had expressed his intent to climb the Arafune mountain, which towers 1,422 meters (4,665 feet) high, was reported to say he was "going hiking for a day in Gunma Prefecture."
The editorial staff at Futabasha's Manga Town magazine has stated on Sunday night that the "future publication [of Crayon Shin-chan] is to be determined." Futabasha said it was "going through great shock, now that the worst outcome has come to past. There are no words to express the anguish of the surviving family, but we just pray for his happiness in the next world."