An American student who had been vacationing with family in Japan has been found deceased near Kyoto. His mother confirmed the tragic news via a social media post.

<img alt="A person poses for a photograph." height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/18b02893-373e-4588-96fe-1864e0d2981f,1780789828497/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2560%2C1440%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="" width="620" /><p>An American student who disappeared while on a family vacation in Japan was found dead outside Kyoto, ‌his mother wrote in a Facebook post on Saturday.</p>