The body of a British teacher has been found after going missing in Japan.
Alice Hodgkinson, 28, had been missing since July 1 from her home in Kanagawa after failing to turn up for work in Tokyo.
She has lived in the country since last year and was working for the Shane group of English schools.
Alice's dad Steve has now said the family had received “the worst news imaginable” by police, adding they were “at a complete loss.”
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The expat, who is originally from Nottingham, failed to show for work at the school where she taught in Yokohama, near Tokyo.
Interpol had joined forces with Nottinghamshire and Japanese police in the search for Alice, the Mirror reports.
Steve, a retired computer software engineer, who lives with son and Alice's older brother, Peter, 32, told The Sun today: "We were notified last night. Police told me that [they] had found Alice’s body. It was the worst news imaginable.
"We are devastated and it is a very difficult time for our family."
Mum Julie, an NHS worker, is "beside herself with grief", added Steve.
The family now want to repatriate Alice's body as soon as possible.
Police officers are understood to have forced their way into her apartment on July 1 as part of their search, finding a note addressed to her dad and brother.
The Sun reports Steve was too upset to confirm where the body was found.
Alice was last seen on June 29 but Steve then received an email from her the next day, which he said showed no signs she was struggling.
She'd also sent him a Father's Day present.
Steve added that his daughter "seemed to be leading a happy, fulfilling life" and their relationship was "good".
He last saw Alice, an Edinburgh University graduate, in 2019 before she went to live abroad and she was planning to remain in the country for another year.
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