A 20-year-old American student, James "Weston" Higginbotham, has been missing for a week. He was last seen near the border between Kyoto and Shiga prefectures in Japan.
Japanese volunteers will help search the challenging terrain this weekend.
A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $40,000 for search efforts.
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One stranger from Tokyo is shutting down his business for a week to help. Another volunteer dropped everything to provide transportation and translations for American parents desperate to find their son.
