Watch: Hospital releases Japanese boy abandoned in forest by parents

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.

Watch: Hospital releases Japanese boy abandoned in forest by parents

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.

Seven-year-old Yamato Tanooka was met with flashing cameras and cheers from dozens of people when he appeared at the hospital entrance in the city of Hakodate on the northern island of Hokkaido.

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