Police and rescuers on Friday stepped up search efforts for a French woman who went missing during a trip to the eastern Japan city of Nikko in late July, after receiving a new witness report.About 80 personnel were deployed to search areas around scenic Kammangafuchi gorge in efforts to find Tiphaine Veron, 36, who was last seen on the morning of July 29, when she left her lodging in Nikko, Tochigi Prefecture, a popular tourist destination north of Tokyo.Local police said they received a report from a male tourist saying he crossed paths with a casually dressed foreign woman who was walkin…READ FULL ARTICLE