A Japanese man has been arrested in connection with the death of Lucie Blackman.

Businessman Joji Obara has been charged with abandoning a corpse after the body of Lucie Blackman was found near Tokyo.

Police investigating the disappearance of a British bar hostess have begun an autopsy to determine the identify of a dismembered woman's body.

Police searching for missing Briton Lucie Blackman have found a head encased in concrete near Tokyo.

Police searching for missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman have found a head and torso buried in a cave on a beach near Tokyo.

Lucie Blackman's father says he has no plans to travel to Japan until DNA tests are carried out to find if human remains found on a beach near Tokyo are those of his daughter.

Police searching for missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman say they have found the remains of a woman's body on a beach near Tokyo.