Yamato Tanooka

Abandoned Japanese boy leaves hospital; no charges planned

Yamato was found in a military training ground hut last Friday.

Jun 07, 2016, 17:45 PM IST

Japanese boy, left alone in bear-inhabited forest by parents for being naughty, found alive

Police are considering filing neglect charges against the seven-year-old boy's parents.

Jun 03, 2016, 09:56 AM IST

Japan military joins search for missing boy

Japan`s military on Wednesday joined the search for a seven-year-old boy missing in the country`s north since his parents said they abandoned him in a bear-inhabited mountain forest, officials said.

Jun 01, 2016, 09:30 AM IST

Massive search operation on for Japanese boy left in forest by parents as punishment

The parents originally told police the boy got lost on Saturday while they were hiking to gather wild vegetables - but later admitted that they had left him in the forest to punish him.

May 30, 2016, 20:23 PM IST

Japanese parents leave son in mountains as punishment, now a massive search in underway

The parents of a seven-year-old Japanese boy missing in the mountains confessed on Sunday they had left him as a punishment and he did not get lost during a hike as first claimed, police said.

May 29, 2016, 15:23 PM IST