Missing US student found dead in Japan

An ⁠American student ⁠who disappeared while on ⁠a family holiday in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, his mother wrote in a social media post on Saturday.The body of James ‌Higginbotham, 20, was discovered in a mountainous area by a volunteer search-and-rescue group, Nancy Higginbotham wrote.A cause of death and further details were not immediately available.“Our family is heartbroken,” she said. “The grief we feel is ⁠impossible to put into words.”Higginbotham, an Alabama resident ‌and an engineering student at Auburn University, was last seen leaving a Kyoto railway station ‌on May 29.James Higginbotham’s parents, Nancy and Keith Higginbotham, speak at an unidentified location in a video posted on social media. Photo: Facebook/Nancy Higginbotham via ReutersLater that night, his phone ⁠went dark and ⁠its location services were turned off, his mother previously said.