The Japanese couple were trying to punish their son by leaving home alone in a forest. When they went back for him five minutes later, he was gone.

A boy has gone missing in northern Japan after being left alone by his parents in a forest as punishment.

Nippon TV News 24 / Via news24.jp

Yamato Tanooka, 7, was reported missing by his parents on Saturday, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK. They first told police the boy had gone missing in the woods on the northern island of Hokkaido while the family was picking plants and berries.

Yamato Tanooka, 7, was reported missing by his parents on Saturday, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK. They first told police the boy had gone missing in the woods on the northern island of Hokkaido while the family was picking plants and berries.

Nippon TV News 24 / Via news24.jp

The father said he did not dare to admit the truth to authorities while he was requesting help searching for his son, according to Nippon TV News 24.

Hundreds of searchers are now looking for the young boy in the woods, which is home to a species of brown bear.

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[Bouncr: 3v394] These Parents Left Their Kid In Bear-Infested Woods And Now He's

A boy has gone missing in northern Japan after being left alone by his parents in a forest as punishment.

Yamato Tanooka, 7, was reported missing by his parents on Saturday, according to Japan's public broadcaster NHK. They first told police the boy had gone missing in the woods on the northern island of Hokkaido while the family was picking plants and berries.

Hundreds of searchers are now looking for the young boy in the woods, which is home to a species of brown bear.

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