行こう旅りょ死し亡ぼう人にん

noun

unclaimed dead traveler; deceased person of unknown identity found while traveling

A legal and administrative term used in Japan for a person who dies while traveling and whose identity or next of kin cannot be determined. Often appears in official notices and news reports.

• 警けい察さつは身み元もと不ふ明めいの行こう旅りょ死し亡ぼう人にんの情じょう報ほうを公こう開かいした。

  The police released information about an unidentified deceased traveler.

• 行こう旅りょ死し亡ぼう人にんとして扱あつかわれるケースは年ねん間かん数すう十じゅっ件けんある。

  There are several dozen cases each year that are handled as unclaimed dead travelers.