Young Boy Found in State of Cardiopulmonary Arrest in River in Japan

The Yomiuri Shimbun

13:49 JST, March 31, 2023

A young boy was found in a state of cardiopulmonary arrest in the Edogawa River in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo, at about 9 a.m. on Friday.

The child was transported to hospital.

A three-year-old boy, Saku Yoshida, of Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, has been missing since Thursday evening and the Metropolitan Police Department and the Chiba prefectural police are investigating a possible connection, they said.

Yoshida had been visiting Sakura Tsutsumi Park in Ichikawa with three adults including his mother and five other children on Thursday. Yoshida’s mother reported him missing at about 4 p.m. the same day.

About 100 officials from the prefectural police searched the area around the park and the Edogawa River on the day. A large-scale search was conducted Friday in cooperation with the Tokyo Fire Department and other organizations.