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This undated photo released Friday, June 3, 2016, by Hamawake Elementary School shows 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka, who was found safe nearly a week after he was abandoned in the forest by his parents in Nanae, Hokkaido, northern Japan. (Hamawake Elementary School/Kyodo News via AP)

Japan praises Yamato Tanooka, boy who survived after abandonment in forest

By Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

Rescuers search for a 7-year-old boy who is missing in a Japanese forest in Nanae town, on Hokkaido, the northernmost of Japan's four main islands Monday, May 30, 2016. He has been missing since late Saturday afternoon after his parents reportedly made him get out of the car as punishment. (Kyodo News via AP)

Yamato Tanooka, a Japanese boy, disappears after parents leave him in forest

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