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Body found in search for UK woman Japan body 'is missing Briton'
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Police in Japan have found a body which they suspect is that of a 22-year-old British language teacher who has been missing since Sunday. A woman found buried in sand in a bathtub in Japan has been named by police as 22-year-old missing Briton Lindsey Ann Hawker.
The body of the woman, who has not been named, was found in a bathtub filled with sand on a fourth-floor balcony in Ichikawa, the BBC's Chris Hogg said. Colleagues identified the body of the English language teacher, found on the balcony of a fourth-floor flat in Ichikawa, east of Tokyo.
The apartment in Ichikawa, near Tokyo, belongs to a man in his 20s. The cause of death is not yet known but there were bruises on the victim's face, the BBC's Chris Hogg said.
The Foreign Office said Tokyo police are investigating the disappearance and confirmed a body had been found. Police are hunting a man who fled the apartment in the city, near Tokyo.
The British woman was reported missing by the language school where she worked. The BBC's correspondent said the teacher, from the Midlands, was reported missing by her flatmate on Monday afternoon after she disappeared from her home nearby.
The BBC's correspondent said a handbag and a passport thought to belong to the missing woman were found near the apartment. Local media reported that Ms Hawker had only been in Japan for a couple of months and was a popular teacher, he added.
They said she went to the apartment each Saturday to give English lessons and had left details of the address at home before she disappeared.
A handbag and a passport thought to belong to the missing woman were found near the apartment.