{"id":227476,"date":"2026-06-05T20:19:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T12:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T16:50:11","slug":"best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/05\/best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered\/","title":{"rendered":"Best friend\u2019s haunting final messages sent to student missing in Japan went unanswered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered\/\">Best friend\u2019s haunting final messages sent to student missing in Japan went unanswered<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered\/\">https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/05\/us-news\/best-friends-haunting-final-messages-sent-to-student-missing-in-japan-went-unanswered\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-06-05 20:19:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"nypost.com\">nypost.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are a summary of the main points from the article about the missing Auburn University student, presented in an unordered list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Reunion in Tokyo<\/strong>: James \u201cWeston\u201d Higginbotham and his close friend Hiyu Shikari, who had known each other since middle school, reunited in Tokyo during a trip to Japan.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Final Interaction<\/strong>: Their final conversation occurred after a dinner in Shinjuku, Tokyo. 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