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Body found near hot spring resort believed to be 5-year-old boy who went missing in June

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Japan Today

Police in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture, said Friday that a body found in a river is likely that of a 5-year-old boy who went missing while bathing with…

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