A Japanese boy who was found nearly a week after he was abandoned in a forest by his parents as a punishment has been released from hospital.

A seven-year-old boy who was abandoned in a forest in Japan by his parents has been found safe.

A seven-year-old Japanese boy has been found, nearly a week after his parents left him in a forest as punishment for misbehaving.

The search for a boy who disappeared after his parents reportedly left him in a Japanese forest as punishment has continued into a fifth day.

They left him there as a punishment.