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| Japan murder hunt reward raised | Japan murder hunt reward raised |
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| Police in Japan hunting the suspected killer of a teacher from Warwickshire have issued what is thought to be its largest ever reward for information. | Police in Japan hunting the suspected killer of a teacher from Warwickshire have issued what is thought to be its largest ever reward for information. |
| Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is suspected of killing Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon, in Tokyo in March 2007. | Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is suspected of killing Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon, in Tokyo in March 2007. |
| Police in Japan have now issued a 10m yen (£63,397) reward in the hope it will persuade people to come forward. | Police in Japan have now issued a 10m yen (£63,397) reward in the hope it will persuade people to come forward. |
| Ms Hawker's family have welcomed the move. They said the previous largest Japanese police reward was 1m yen. | Ms Hawker's family have welcomed the move. They said the previous largest Japanese police reward was 1m yen. |
| Ms Hawker went missing after giving Mr Ichihashi an English lesson. | Ms Hawker went missing after giving Mr Ichihashi an English lesson. |
| Posters put up | Posters put up |
| Mr Ichihashi escaped as detectives arrived at his apartment and her body was found in a bathtub filled with sand. | Mr Ichihashi escaped as detectives arrived at his apartment and her body was found in a bathtub filled with sand. |
| Despite several appeals for information, there have been no sightings of the fugitive. | Despite several appeals for information, there have been no sightings of the fugitive. |
| Posters showing Tatsuya Ichihashi are at railway stations | Posters showing Tatsuya Ichihashi are at railway stations |
| Police are working on the basis that he is in hiding and being given help, the Hawker family's spokeswoman Amanda Stocks said. | Police are working on the basis that he is in hiding and being given help, the Hawker family's spokeswoman Amanda Stocks said. |
| Officers have posted 30,000 new posters with photographs of the suspect at police and railway stations across the country. | Officers have posted 30,000 new posters with photographs of the suspect at police and railway stations across the country. |
| On Monday, they also handed out flyers at three railway stations near the scene of the incident calling for the public's cooperation. | On Monday, they also handed out flyers at three railway stations near the scene of the incident calling for the public's cooperation. |
| Miss Hawker's family have been critical of the Japanese police investigation. | |
| They visited Japan in March to mark the second anniversary of her death and to try to raise the profile of the inquiry, which they felt had stalled. | They visited Japan in March to mark the second anniversary of her death and to try to raise the profile of the inquiry, which they felt had stalled. |
| Japanese police contacted the family last month to propose the increased reward. |