In breaking news, grave fears are held for the safety of Rob Pongi after more than 24 hours have passed without any self-promoting messages being posted by him.
Japanese search and rescue planes have been launched and fighter jets scrambled amid fears that he may have been kidnapped by North Korean agents and smuggled by submarine back to the rogue state (Mr Pongi regularly ridiculed that country and had reportedly been elevated by ill Kim Jong-il to "number one enemy of the state", late Tuesday night).
A spokesman the for Japanese government, Mr Nanimo Suruna, stated that this was the first time in living memory that such a period had passed without any self-promotion by Mr Pongi.
Notice boards have been placed around the country, and particularly in places like Roppongi, asking the public to contact authorities immediately if he is sighted. Apparently his photo was already posted in local police stations, for unrelated reasons.
Rumours on internet chat rooms are running wild including the kidnapping theory and links with the recent nuclear weapons testing by North Korea and even the disappearance of two boxes of doughnuts from a Mister Donuts shop on the north-west coast of Japan - a likely spot for North Korean agents to come ashore and possibly lure Mr Pongi to the beach with a trail of treats . . . more
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