Found Deceased Japan - Alice Hodgkinson, 28, British English school teacher, Kanagawa, 1 July 2021

[MsMiniSleuth]

Alice Hodgkinson, 28, a British subject working in Tokyo as a teacher at the Shane School of English, has been reported missing by her employer and family.

Some reports state she hasn't been seen by her housemates where she resides in Kanagawa (on the coast, south of Tokyo) for 2 weeks, others that she failed to turn up for work last Thursday, July 1.

Her brother I think he is, Peter, in Nottingham, seems to be trying to coordinate things from UK, and has contacted the Foreign Office. It was the family here I gather who got the local police to break in to her apartment.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Not any press on this here, and I am not sure what the Japanese media is like on these things or how we could find?

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

I see on Twitter that this Japanese TV company were asking to be put in touch with someone about Alice.

Do we have anyone who understands Japanese here?

あなたのスクープ映像をお待ちしています。 みんながカメラマン｜テレビ朝日

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Lori Henderson (@loriinjapan) tweeted at 0:56 pm on Sun, Jul 04, 2021:

Alice Hodgkinson, 28, British, is missing in Japan. Please share these posters (EN&JP) / call police with any relevant information.
(https://twitter.com/loriinjapan/status/1411655148133261313?s=03)

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

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[MsMiniSleuth]

From what I gather she had just started her second year working at Shane's in the Minami (south) Tokyo district.

The reason it seems that she hadn't been seen was a school holiday started on June 20 in Japan, and so while something may have happened a week or two ago, she wasn't properly registered as missing until July 1 when she failed to arrive for the start of the new term.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Peter Hodgkinson (@hodgepntm) tweeted at 7:26 am on Mon, Jul 05, 2021:

Update on the situation with my sister, Alice Hodgkinson who is currently missing. I wrote this update last night and forgot to link here. She is still missing, please keep looking.

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(https://twitter.com/hodgepntm/status/1411934484338032640?s=03)

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

A 28-year-old British woman living in Kanagawa Prefecture has gone missing, persons close to her have revealed.

According to an information sheet distributed on social media, Alice Hodgkinson has been missing since July 1.

With blonde hair, Hodgkinson stands 168 centimeters tall. She works at Shane English School in Tokyo.

Though she was officially listed as missing on July 1, persons claiming to be her colleague are saying online that she dropped out of contact during a holiday period about 10 days before.

“Alice was reported missing by her family and police by employer after not turning up to work,” reads the sheet.

Persons with information on her whereabouts are advised to call the Kanagawa Prefectural Police at 045-211-1212.

British woman, 28, goes missing in Japan

 

[MaxRx]

So far, as of 17:45 Monday July 5th in Tokyo, the only non-Twitter / Instagram news site that mentions Alice Hodgekinson’s disappearance is the Tokyo Reporter:

British woman, 28, goes missing in Japan
BY TOKYO REPORTER STAFF ON JULY 5, 2021

• British woman, 28, goes missing in Japan

Fuji TV will probably air it either this evening ~1800, or for the 2300 broadcast.

There may have been some ‘lazy territorial’ issues; Alice lives in just outside Tokyo in Aoba Yokohama Kanagawa Prefecture but works in Tokyo. Sometimes, if identified as “not Tokyo” or “not National”, it gets relegated to “regional” coverage.

Also, similarly for Japanese online print media, the only online site that is a blog / aggregator site is this one which at the moment , only cites information gleaned from Twitter , Facebook and others. No mainstream Japanese-language newspapers - yet:

• アリス・ホジキンソンさん失踪事件の続報 6月20日からの彼女の行動 : ザ・ミステリー体験

 

[SouthAussie]

There is something unusual about this case ...


The Japanese authorities have confirmed that they went to her apartment, in the city of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, and broke down her door. The police said they found a note, but have not yet disclosed its contents or whether it has anything to do with her disappearance.

A spokesman for the Yokohama police declined to comment on the investigation on the grounds that it was ongoing and “sensitive”.

Police in Japan searching for missing British woman

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

A note? Not seen that mentioned. I wonder what its contents said...

 

[SouthAussie]

Also, her dad spoke to her the day before she was reported missing ... I imagine that the police are trying to trace exactly where Alice was at the time of the call.


He last spoke to her on June 30.
Shane Corp, a chain of language schools in Japan, said Ms Hodgkinson had not turned up to work since July 1.
“I last spoke to her on the day before she disappeared and there was no indication that anything was wrong,” said Mr Hodgkinson, a retired computer software engineer. “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 searching for missing British woman

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

So, going by what the father said, something occurred after that call.

She had recently signed a new contract to stay out there, so doesn't seem she was unhappy.

I hope it doesn't turn into a Lindsay Hawker type case.

Murder of Lindsay Hawker - Wikipedia

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

• 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'.

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.

British teacher Alice Hodginson missing in Japan as police search for her | Daily Mail Online

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Police in Japan are searching for a British woman who has not been seen last week after she failed to turn up for work.

Alice Hodgkinson was reported missing to police and her family by her employer on Thursday 1 July.

The 28-year-old, from Nottingham, was living in Kanagawa, a prefecture just south of Tokyo, and working as an English teacher at the time she was last seen.

Writing on Facebook, her brother, Peter Hodgkinson, said: "I know that the police went round to her home again today so the investigation is continuing.

"We have Nottinghamshire Police setting up a link with the police in Japan over Interpol to deliver news and information to us, but this does take a few days to get setup.

A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesman said: "We are in contact with local authorities in Japan regarding a missing British woman. Consular staff are in touch with her family in the UK."

Alice Hodgkinson: Family launch desperate appeal for British woman missing in Japan

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Alice Hodgkinson, 28, failed to turn up for work at an English language school in Tokyo on 1 July and had not been seen for some time before that.

Police and family were notified about her disappearance by her employer, she had not been seen by her housemates for around two weeks.

Her family told The Telegraph it is "completely out of character" for her to not be in regular contact.

There have been calls from former colleagues at the Shane English School Japan for information on Ms Hodgkinson's disappearance.

MISSING PERSON
Alice Hodgkinson, a #ShaneEnglishSchool teacher, hasn't been seen at work in #Tokyo or by her housemates for about 2 weeks. Her family & local police have been notified. If you see her, contact the police! pic.twitter.com/sEeOE6Gwff

— Mx Jess (@FromKytoTokyo) July 2, 2021

She went to Japan in March 2020 and had been out there teaching at the language school ever since.

Despite working in Tokyo, Ms Hodgkinson lived in Kanagawa, Japan.

Police search for British woman, 28, missing in Japan - LBC

 

[hibachai]

There is something unusual about this case ...


The Japanese authorities have confirmed that they went to her apartment, in the city of Yokohama, just south of Tokyo, and broke down her door. The police said they found a note, but have not yet disclosed its contents or whether it has anything to do with her disappearance.

A spokesman for the Yokohama police declined to comment on the investigation on the grounds that it was ongoing and “sensitive”.

Police in Japan searching for missing British woman

Why would they break down her door? If she had housemates, wouldn't they have opened the door for LE? Do they mean her bedroom door? If so, why was it locked? Did she plan on being away for a while, or were these new, unknown / untrusted housemates? I know some people lock their doors when they have roommates / housemates, but it seems odd to do this a year after living together, every time you leave.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

Not sure what kind of "houses" these may be. They could be a small block of individual units, where each apartment has its own door and lock.

 

[MsMiniSleuth]

POLICE are appealing for help after a young Brit mysteriously vanished from her Tokyo apartment four days ago.

Alice Hodgkinson's employers alerted authorities when the teacher failed to turn up to work on July 1.

Police scouring her apartment found a note but are refusing share what it says.

The psychology student moved to Japan in March last year and lived and worked in Yokohama, 20 miles south of Tokyo.

Hunt for Brit who vanished in Japan as dad says 'it's out of character'

 

[SouthAussie]

Why would they break down her door? If she had housemates, wouldn't they have opened the door for LE? Do they mean her bedroom door? If so, why was it locked? Did she plan on being away for a while, or were these new, unknown / untrusted housemates? I know some people lock their doors when they have roommates / housemates, but it seems odd to do this a year after living together, every time you leave.

Yes, I thought that was curious also. Although it may have been some kind of share accommodation, where locked doors to your personal area were provided.
We have blocks of student accommodation here, where their personal rooms have locking doors. They may have TVs, microwaves, electric kettles, PCs, along with their other belongings, in their rooms.

The thing that I find telling is that the housemates had not seen Alice for about 10 days. Yet Alice was free to speak with her dad on the day prior to going missing.

So exactly where was Alice when she spoke with her dad? Where was she sleeping? Had she gone away somewhere without mentioning it to her family or housemates?
Was she staying with someone who she shouldn't have been staying with? Is that why the content of the note that was found in her room cannot be disclosed? Is that why the matter is 'sensitive'?