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.

James ‘Weston’ Higginbotham is a keen hiker who may have taken a quiet trail, his parents said as they join efforts to find him

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James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen getting off a train at the Yamashina station in Kyoto Prefecture, according to his mother.

A dayslong search is underway for a 20-year-old American student who disappeared during a family vacation in Japan.

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“It’s been a long, stressful day,” according to mother Nancy Higginbotham. “Today, dozens of Japanese police officers searched through waist-high mud in an effort to find Weston.

Days into the search for an American college student missing in Japan, investigators believe it is highly probable that he left his family intentionally.

The family of James "Weston" Higginbotham, and American college student missing in Japan, is pleading for the public's help in finding him.

James "Weston" Higginbotham, an Auburn University student, went missing last week in Japan after his family says he went to an area near Kyoto known for its hiking trails.

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…

Auburn student Weston Higginbotham remains missing in Japan as his family urges hikers and the public to help search remote mountain trails.

Tras una semana sin pistas, ciudadanos japoneses intensifican la búsqueda de un estudiante estadounidense desaparecido.

The parents of an American college student missing in Japan are not giving up on finding their son, even after they say police finished searching the dense forest he was spotted…

AMERIČKI student Weston Higginbotham nestao je u Japanu.

The best friend of the American student who went missing on vacation in Japan has revealed the unanswered text he sent as the search for him continues.

Search and rescue volunteers in Japan have found the body of an Auburn University student who went missing during a family vacation, marking a tragic end to a frantic dayslong…

James “Weston” Higginbotham’s remains were found in a mountainous area outside of Kyoto, his mother said on Saturday.

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Auburn student James "Weston" Higginbotham was found dead by volunteers searching a mountainous area near Kyoto, his mother said in a Facebook post.

The body of James Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a mountainous area near Kyoto after he disappeared while on a family holiday.