Reference News Network, January 31 report. According to Kyodo News, on January 30, Japanese police reported that a 54-year-old woman was found dead in a forest area in Tsukuba City, located in the northeastern part of Tokyo. The police are investigating the case as a suspected murder.
The report states that the deceased is a Chinese national who lived in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture. The police said that the exact cause of death is currently unknown, and she may have died of suffocation. Autopsy results indicate that she most likely died several weeks ago.
The police revealed that the woman's husband reported her missing on December 22, 2025, stating that he could not contact his wife. When he rang the doorbell at her residence, no one answered. The couple had been living separately for some time.
The woman was last seen on the evening of December 20, 2025, when she was shopping in Ibaraki Prefecture. On January 27, her body was found in a forest area in Tsukuba City. (Translated by Wu Mei)
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