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11. So very sad ...

Sun Jun 7, 2026, 02:58 AM

8 hrs ago

my 30 + year old son did a solo trip to Japan in late fall and wants to return, I was nervous the entire time. My heart aches for his family.

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Missing American student found dead in Japan after dayslong search [View all] mahatmakanejeeves 20 hrs ago OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Orangenero 19 hrs ago #1

Very sad but Orangenero 19 hrs ago #2

Those contradictions happen ALL the time. Callie1979 4 hrs ago #14

I was just about to wonder "What the heck actually happened?" chouchou 19 hrs ago #3

He had stopped in a hardware store before heading off into the forest. SunSeeker 18 hrs ago #4

So very sad ... cliffside 8 hrs ago #11

Why were you nervous? fujiyamasan 8 hrs ago #12

Was the fight w/ his mother about visiting ultralite001 17 hrs ago #5

sounds like a plot from White Lotus pimpbot 16 hrs ago #8

Very sad to learn this. hamsterjill 15 hrs ago #9

Last year I read a book about disappearances in national forests. betsuni 14 hrs ago #10

Weird story... and very sad fujiyamasan 8 hrs ago #13