Story highlights The man traveled from North Korea across the Sea of Japan by boat

He said he fled because he was being chased by police

Tokyo (CNN) A man claiming to be a North Korean citizen was found wandering around the Japanese port town of Senzaki this weekend, police told CNN.

Officials from Yamaguchi Prefecture said the man was interviewed by police, but would not disclose further information to CNN.

According to a report by CNN affiliate NHK, the man traveled from North Korea across the Sea of Japan by boat, saying "the man was drenched (in water) when police took him into custody."

The man, believed to be in his twenties, told police that he left Chongjin, the capital of North Korea's Hamgyong Provice, on Friday night in a wooden boat, broadcaster NHK reported.

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He claimed to have jumped from the boat into the sea with a plastic container and drifted to Senzaki by Saturday morning.

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