Japanese police stated on Saturday that the body of a Chinese woman was found in a mountain forest in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefecture on Tuesday, Japan’s Jiji News reported, adding the case was preliminary classified by prefecture police as homicide and corpse abandonment based on situation on site.

The Chinese Embassy in Japan said that it has requested the Japanese police to ascertain the cause of death as soon as possible and will provide necessary consular protection and assistance to the deceased's relatives, according to CCTV News on Saturday.

Earlier, Japan’s TBS News said the deceased was 54 years old and her husband had reported her missing to the police in December 2025. 


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