{
  "id": 1251183,
  "title": "Missing 12-year-old British girl found safe at Yokohama police box",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/missing-12-year-old-british-girl-found-safe-at-yokohama-police-box",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-16T10:22:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Tokyo Reporter",
    "slug": "tokyo-reporter",
    "url": "https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/missing-12-year-old-british-girl-found-safe-at-yokohama-police-box/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 12-year-old British girl, Carmelita Lakdesha Paul, who went missing while travelling in Japan with her family has been found safe. According to SoraNews24, she was reported missing by her mother on August 13 after the family awoke and realised she was gone.\n\nThe girl had been staying with her family in a private rental property in Minami-Kamata, a neighbourhood in Tokyo's Ota Ward, after arriving in Japan on July 21. Through surveillance footage, police traced her whereabouts to Yokohama Station in Kanagawa Prefecture on the morning of her disappearance.\n\nCarmelita was found at a police box in Yokohama, and had spent time at an Internet cafe while visiting anime-related locations. She had expressed a strong desire to visit Yokohama, known as a holy site for anime, according to Tokyo Reporter.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SoraNews24",
        "title": "12-year-old British girl who went missing in Tokyo found safe after visiting anime sites around Yokohama",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/12-year-old-british-girl-who-went-missing-in-tokyo-found-safe-after",
        "published": "2026-08-16T09:03:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}