Family of Irish woman murdered in Japan should meet authorities before killer released, says Taoiseach 

Andrew and Angela Furlong with their daughter, Andrea, leave Tokyo District Court on March 19, 2013, after Richard Hinds was convicted of killing their other daughter Nicola. Picture: AP Photo/Koji Sasahara

Japanese authorities should meet with the family of a murdered Irish woman before her killer is released later this year, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said during his visit to Japan.

DCU student Nicola Furlong was found dead in the Keio Plaza Hotel in Tokyo's Shinjuku district on May 24, 2012.