India, June 5 -- James 'Weston' Higginbotham, a student of Auburn university, went missing in Japan. His parents, Nancy and Keith Higginbotham, have issued urgent pleas to help locate their child and they're in Japan currently, coordinating with local authorities to try and find the 20-year-old.

Weston was on his graduation trip when he went missing. He was last confirmed to be in the Kyoto area on May 29. Later, surveillance showed Weston getting off at the Yamashina station.

"The police have narrowed it down to Weston getting off at the Yamashina station. We don't know if he got back on the train at any point. Weston is a very experienced hiker and this town has beautiful nature trails. He may have intentionally chosen a quiet trail f...