Overview

• Shiga Prefectural Police located a woman face down on a steep slope below a cliff on Sept. 26 around 4:45 p.m. near the Kawachi Motoyugyōja Cave area of Mount Ryōzen, and death was confirmed at the scene.
• Clothing, stature and hiking boots were similar to those of a 21-year-old Tokyo university student reported missing after a solo hike, and police are working to confirm the identity.
• Investigators say a fall is possible and are examining the scene and medical findings to determine the cause of death.
• The missing student filed a mountain registration at the Kashiwabara trailhead on Sept. 23 and sent a photo believed to be from near the summit to her family that afternoon.
• Her family called 110 on the night of Sept. 24 when she did not return, prompting coordinated searches by Shiga police and local firefighters following a referral from Tokyo police.