Hyogo prefectural police on Saturday mobilized 120 officers to search for a 6-year-old girl who has been missing for two days in Kobe.
According to police, the girl, Mirei Ikuta, disappeared while walking home after leaving school in Nagata Ward at around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday. TV Asahi reported that she dropped in to see her grandmother who lives nearby and then left to go home.
Police said street surveillance camera footage showed Mirei walking past a convenience store 400 meters from her home at 3:15 p.m., but after that, there has been no trace of her. Her mother contacted police at around 7 p.m. Thursday.
On Saturday, police searched parks and canals without any results.
Anyone with any information is asked to call Nagata police at 078-578-0110.
© Japan Today
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Disillusioned
Every parent's nightmare! Let's hope she is found safe and well.
Mirai Hayashi
This really hits home, cause my daughter is the same age. I hope they find her soon.
bluesea67
I hope she is found. It happen to me once and I couldn't let my daughter out of my sight for years later. if I was there I would be out looking for her.
MarkG
This is the best way for public to held. Media blasts a brief article with a photo. Lets hope she is found unharmed in any way.
Serrano
I hope Mirei chan is found safe and soon.
JTDanMan
What a shame! I hope she turns out okay.
One thing I really like about Japan is how parents allow their children even as young as second-grade to walk to school alone. I grew up in a small town and did the same from this first grade. It really made a difference. The way I looked at the world that my neighborhood was my neighborhood. And that people can be trusted.
John Carl Smith
I hope they find her... anyone have a link to more information that could also be useful? '
Himajin
Not a lot more info, just that she's 115 cm tall, and was wearing a dress with a pink bodice and blue skirt.
John Carl Smith
Other reports say that she was last seen at her "grandmother's' house before she vanished... her grandmother's house is real close to her own home. So... I assess the grandmother's house has been checked? I will assume so.
Himajin
School to grandmother's house, to being picked up by the camera outside the convenience store, and then no trace of her.
Surachai Ko
I hope Mirei safe.
Himajin
The latest news says she went home, then was seen at a local pram at 5:30. I sure nope the find her soon, it's been 3 days now...
John Carl Smith
what is a "local pram" ? A Pram to me is a stroller.. so I need a better translation!
Himajin
A typo!!! A local park! So sorry, this is what happens when I type w/o glasses!
WilliB
3 days now... I am afraid there is no good outcome to this.
khulifi
I wish they find her safe ...