HOKKAIDO, Japan, June 2 (UPI) -- The boy missing in the woods in Northern Japan for six days has been found alive, media reports said.
The boy, who identified himself as the missing 7-year-old Yamato Tanooka, of Hokuto, Hokkaido, was reportedly discovered on Friday morning, local time, inside a Japanese Self-Defense Forces training facility in Shikabe.
Police are attempting to confirm his identity.
Tanooka has been missing since Saturday, when his parents said they briefly abandoned their son for misbehaving. After forcing the child to get out of their car on a mountain road, they returned shortly afterward to retrieve him but he was nowhere to be found.
The boy's disappearance prompted a massive search, which included efforts of Japan's Self Defense Forces.
The boy appeared to have no notable injuries, a representative of the Hokkaido Prefectural Police reportedly said.
