Masahiro Chubachi is held by his mother in this TV image.

2-year-old missing boy found on Shizuoka mountain

Thursday 28th August, 09:58 AM JST

SHIZUOKA —

A 2-year-old boy who had been missing since Tuesday was found by rescue workers Wednesday afternoon on a mountain in Shizuoka Prefecture. He was not injured, police said.

Masahiro Chubachi, 2, was found by a rescue dog around 1:50 p.m. about 1 km away from a campsite where he had come with his parents from Tokyo on Tuesday. According to police and the fire department, the boy went missing at the camp site around 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Some 200 police and fire department officers were mobilized to search for him.

The boy’s father, Kazutoshi, 48, said: “It’s almost a dream that we found him. I really thank everyone who helped us.”

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presto345 at 01:00 PM JST - 28th August

this story made me cry!

Me too!
neverknow2 at 01:17 PM JST - 28th August

9:30am boy goes missing. 1:50pm dog finds boy, 1km from the campsite. What were the 200 police doing? Making sure their uniforms were neat and tidy before they began the search?
Sarge at 01:32 PM JST - 28th August

"What were the 200 police doing?"

Dogs have better noses than policemen.
dennis0bauer at 03:08 PM JST - 28th August

Was there maybe a pachinko at the campsite? that would explain why the mother was not watching her kid.
helloklitty at 03:21 PM JST - 28th August

Two year olds will just walk away without announcing their destination. I don't blame the parents although many hypocrites will. Just wait till it happens to you.
TPOJ at 03:37 PM JST - 28th August

how does a 2 year old go missing?

Never spent much time around a 2 year old, have you?
outofmydepth at 03:47 PM JST - 28th August

thank God they found him and he is alright!!
kirakira25 at 04:01 PM JST - 28th August

My 2 year old went missing at Ueno zoo for about ten minutes. I thought she was with MIL and MIL thought she was with me. And I am so paranoid I am all for chipping children with GPS! If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. I hope I never again have to feel what I felt for those looooong ten minutes. Parents of toddlers, you all have my sympathy!
bushlover at 04:15 PM JST - 28th August

Keep your kids on a leash if you are afraid they may go missing in forested areas or even urban areas. Or by little bells like for cats.
bushlover at 04:16 PM JST - 28th August

Now I know why some parents have those squishy annoying shoes on some kids. So everyone will know where the little troubleseekers are.
daftpunk1976 at 07:38 PM JST - 28th August

Kids's job= find any way that's possible to kill themself. Parents's job= to save them!
Orangeporange at 11:19 PM JST - 28th August

I can imagine the panic those parents must have felt! I went camping with my daughter when she was 2 years old once, and will NEVER, I repeat, NEVER go camping with a 2 year old again! You can't even begin to imagine how difficult it is to set up camp and watch a 2 year old at once. If we must go on vacation with a 2 year old again, it will be somewhere we aren't going to be distracted and closed in enough so the little bugger can't dissappear!
NYC_Samurai at 11:25 PM JST - 28th August

Very lucky family. Nice story with a happy ending.
kirakira25 at 08:43 AM JST - 29th August

Went I put my daughter on a toddler-leash once a Japanese obaachan went mental at me in the street, shouting that I was treating my child like a dog!!!
lipscombe at 09:42 AM JST - 29th August

I hope you told her to shaddap and move along