Japanese police
Coverage of Japanese police in the Nexus archive.
- Alabama family pleads for return of son missing on family trip in Japan
An Alabama family is searching for their 20-year-old son, Weston (James), who went missing in Kyoto, Japan, after he turned off his phone's location during a solo train trip. Authorities, police, volunteers, and the FBI are assisting the search in a mountainous area during a typhoon. Weston, an environmental engineering student and avid naturalist, had a disagreement with his mother over using ChatGPT for travel navigation.
- Auburn University student disappears in Japan as parents join search: ‘In our own living hell’
Auburn University student James 'Weston' Higginbotham, 20, disappeared in Japan on May 29 during a family trip, with his last confirmed location at Yamashina Station near Kyoto. Japanese police and the family are searching wooded trails, while his mother pleads for public assistance, stating he may have been emotionally distressed.