Police search for British woman, 28, who vanished four days ago in Japan: Family say language teacher’s disappearance is ‘completely out of character’
- Police in Japan are searching for Alice Hodgkinson, 28, after she disappeared
- She went missing on July 1 after failing to turn up for work at a language school
- Father Stephen said he last spoke to her on June 30 when she seemed normal
- He added that Alice’s disappearance is ‘completely out of character’
Police in Japan are searching for a British woman who disappeared four days ago.
Alice Hodgkinson, 28, from Nottingham, was reported missing on July 1 after she failed to turn up for work as a teacher at an English language school in Tokyo.
Father Stephen said he last spoke to her on June 30 via Skype and there was ‘no indication that anything was wrong’, adding that her disappearance is ‘completely out of character’.
Alice Hodgkinson, 28, from Nottingham, has been missing since July 1 when she failed to turn up for work at an English language school in Japan
Meanwhile friends said they have not seen her for two weeks, and have joined relatives in a campaign to try and find her.
Ms Hodgkinson moved to Japan in March last year and had been living in the city of Yokohama – 20 miles to the south of Tokyo, where she worked.
She had been employed at a chain of English language schools called Shane Corp, and Stephen said she regularly kept in touch with her family online.
But the school alerted him to her disappearance last week, with bosses saying she had not turned up ‘for a few days’ and they were concerned about her well-being.
Stephen told The Telegraph: ‘I last spoke to her the day before she disappeared … She had sent me a father’s day present and an e-mail and I wanted to thank her.
‘There was nothing out of the ordinary at all, nothing suspicious.’
Police in Japan say they have raided Alice’s apartment and found a note inside, but have not disclosed its contents.
Authorities there are now liaising with police in Nottingham and Interpol to try and track her down.
Meanwhile ‘missing’ flyers are being circulated on social media by friends and family.