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Auburn University student missing in Japan, search underway: A search is underway for James "Weston" Higginbotham, Auburn University junior in biosystems engineering, after he went missing in Kyoto, Japan, on May 29.

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Auburn University student missing in Japan, search underway

By Amanda Machamer | Editor-in-Chief and Jennifer Santiago | Content Editor

A search is underway for James "Weston" Higginbotham, Auburn University junior in biosystems engineering, after he went missing in Kyoto, Japan, on May 29.

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