FEATURE: 1 yr on: husband's tireless search for missing wife with dementia

It was a little before 6 a.m. on Aug. 8, 2023, when Tsutomu Arakawa woke up later than usual to find his wife Yasuko missing.Over a year has passed since Yasuko, who had been diagnosed with an early-onset type of dementia, disappeared from their home in the western Japan city of Yonago. Her husband Tsutomu is desperately seeking any information on her whereabouts.The type of dementia she suffers is rare, affecting only 1 percent of those stricken with the disease.Tsutomu, 65, wishes he had contacted the police earlier, given that he waited until that afternoon to act. Now, haunted by regret…READ FULL ARTICLE