A 7-year-old girl abducted Tuesday in Kuroiso, Tochigi Prefecture, was found uninjured Wednesday in the same prefecture, police said.
Miho Akimoto was found by police at a public culture center after she called her mother at home from a pay phone at around 12:06 p.m., according to police. Although tired, the girl appeared uninjured.
The elementary school second-grader was playing with her 4-year-old sister outside her grandfather's house at around 11:55 a.m. Tuesday when she was abducted by a couple in a car, police said.
Miho met her mother, Sachiko, at Kuroiso Police Station at around 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, about 24 hours after she was abducted.