Search for missing boy 'left in forest by parents as punishment' enters fifth day
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.
Yamato Tanooka, seven, has been missing since Saturday, when his parents said they made him get out of their car as punishment for misbehaving, leaving him behind in a wooded area on Hokkaido, Japan's northernmost main island.



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