Japan Won’t Charge Parents Who Left Son

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Updated Apr. 13, 2017 3:50PM EDT / Published Jun. 07, 2016 7:21AM EDT

The parents who abandoned their 7-year-old son in a forest as punishment for throwing rocks will not face charges, officials in Japan said Tuesday. Yamato Tanooka survived for six nights alone after being left on a mountain road. A Hokkaido police spokesman told reporters: “We plan not to regard it as a criminal case.” He indicated that instead it would be referred to social services. The boy left the hospital Tuesday, telling reporters he was OK and excited to go back to school.

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Japan Won’t Charge Parents Who Left Son