Family of Auburn University student missing in Japan staying in country amid search – CBS News Watch CBS News Rescue teams searched on Thursday for a 20-year-old Auburn University student who vanished during a family vacation in Japan. Anna Coren reports from Hong Kong. Source link
Parents stay in Japan after son Weston Higginbotham goes missing during family trip – CBS News Watch CBS News Weston Higginbotham’s family is desperately looking for him in Japan after he went missing during a family trip. CBS News’ Anna Coren reports. Source link
Japanese police trudged through waist-high mud on Thursday in another unsuccessful day searching for a missing Auburn University student, though his parents said they remain optimistic about their son’s potential rescue. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Thursday’s efforts by “incredibly thorough” rescuers to find James … Read more
An Auburn University engineering student went missing in Japan, his school said Wednesday, with loved ones fearing he may be “emotionally distressed.” Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. James “Weston” Higginbotham, 20, was last seen on May 29 in Kyoto, according to a statement by his … Read more
A bear attack left four people injured in two factories and a residential area in northern Japan’s Fukushima on Tuesday, police and media reports said. A record 13 people were killed by bears in Japan last year, and there has been a jump in sightings as the animals emerge hungry from hibernation. “A bear-related human … Read more
HONG KONG — Stock markets in Japan and South Korea hit fresh record highs Monday on enthusiasm over the artificial intelligence boom and as investors await a decision on the Iran war ceasefire extension. Oil prices gained more than 2% as U.S.-Iran negotiations continued, including on the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, a key … Read more
Around 20 people were wounded at a luxury shopping complex in central Tokyo on Monday when a man sprayed a substance inside, police and fire department officials said. Tokyo police spokesman Yusuke Koide told French news agency AFP that a man sprayed a substance at an ATM on the ground floor of the building, while … Read more
Two people were arrested in Japan after a person broke into the viral macaque Punch’s enclosure, according to the zoo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Ichikawa City Zoo, outside of Tokyo, said on social media Sunday that there was an “intruder” in the monkey enclosure. … Read more
Two people were arrested in Japan after breaking into the viral macaque Punch’s enclosure, according to the zoo. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Ichikawa Zoo, outside of Tokyo, said on social media Sunday that there was an “intruder” in the monkey enclosure. The pair was … Read more
Two American nationals were arrested Sunday in Japan after one of them entered the monkey enclosure at a zoo where a baby macaque named Punch became a global internet sensation earlier this year, police said Monday. In a statement shared with CBS News’ Japanese partner network TBS News, the Ichikawa Police Department identified the suspects as … Read more