The family of Nicola Furlong came face to face with the student’s alleged killer for the first time yesterday, when the trial of the American musician Richard Hinds began in Tokyo.

The family of a murdered foreign exchange student will today come face-to-face with the man accused of her killing at his trial in Japan.

The heartbroken family of murdered Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong is making a tense trip to Japan for the trial of the man accused of the killing.

The family of murdered Irishwoman Nicola Furlong said their lives have been on hold since the student was found dead in a Tokyo hotel last year.

More than a week after she died in a Tokyo hotel room, the family of murdered 21-year-old student Nicola Furlong were able to bring her body home to Wexford yesterday.