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Mother of slain Briton satisfied with life-term ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, the mother of slain British woman Lucie Blackman, reads out a statement at a press conference at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after the Tokyo High Court sentenced businessman Joji Obara to life in prison after overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted him of all charges involving Blackman's death due to lack of evidence.

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Obara acquitted over Blackman's death, gets life for 9 other cases

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman (R), father of Briton Lucie Blackman and her sister Sophie (L), speak during a news conference after the Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for drugging and raping nine women, one fatally, but acquitted him of involvement in the death of Lucie due to lack of evidence. The dismembered body of Lucie Blackman, who worked as a hostess in Tokyo before she went missing in early July 2000 about two months after arriving in Japan, was found in a cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in February 2001.

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Father of dead British woman calls for 'maximum penalty' for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo on April 25 after testifying at the Tokyo District Court during the trial of Joji Obara, charged with raping and fatally drugging his daughter Lucie in 2002 in Japan.

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Mother of slain Briton seeks life term for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, mother of Lucie Blackman who died in Japan in 2000. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after testifying at the Tokyo District Court on April 20. Steare sought life imprisonment for Joji Obara, who was indicted for raping and fatally drugging her daughter.

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Blackmans visit Miura beach cave

MIURA, Japan - Tim Blackman, father of Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found last month in a beach cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, embraces his daughter Sophie at the cave on March 1, while Lucie's brother Rupert places white lilies. The cave is near a condominium owned by Tokyo businessman Joji Obara, 48, the prime suspect in the investigation into Blackman's death.

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Beach cave, where Blackman's dismembered body was found

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a cave in the city of Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, where the dismembered body parts, were confirmed as those of Lucie Blackman, a 22-year-old British hostess who went missing last July, on Feb. 10. The beach cave is located about 200 meters from a condominium in nearby Aburatsubo owned by alleged rapist Joji Obara. Obara, 48, is suspected of being involved in Blackman's disappearance, but has not been charged with any crime in connection with the case.

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Police investigating Blackman case find head, torso

MIURA, Japan - Police investigating the case of missing British woman Lucie Blackman on Feb. 9 find the head, torso and other dismembered parts of an unidentified woman's body (covered by blue plastic sheets on center right) on a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The police have since Feb. 5 been searching the coastal area near a condominium (upper left) owned by Joji Obara, a man suspected of being involved in the disappearance, although he has not yet been charged with any crime regarding Blackman's case.

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People queue for tickets to Obara trial

TOKYO, Japan - People gather outside the Tokyo District Court Dec. 14 to get tickets to the trial of Tokyo company executive Joji Obara, who has been linked to the case of missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman. Obara, 48, is accused of drugging and raping a Canadian woman and a British woman.

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Japanese Police arrested the man who may be connected with Lucie Blackman

Japanese Policemen investigate a house of Joji Obara, a man on suspicion of molesting Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman, and believe he may be connected with her case. A police truck leaving Obara's house with confiscated objects.

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Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman

Japanese Policemen investigate a house of Joji Obara, a man on suspicion of molesting Missing British bar hostess, Lucie Blackman, and believe he may be connected with her case. Policemen checking confiscation at Obara's house in Tokyo.

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Joji Obara (1)

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Joji Obara (photo taken in his high school days). The Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for raping and drugging nine women, including one fatally, but acquitted him of all charges involving the death of British woman Lucie Blackman. (Kyodo)

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Father of dead British woman calls for 'maximum penalty' for Oba

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman speaks at a news conference in a hotel in Tokyo on April 25 after testifying at the Tokyo District Court during the trial of Joji Obara, charged with raping and fatally drugging his daughter Lucie in 2002 in Japan. (Kyodo)

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Obara acquitted over Blackman's death, gets life for 9 other cas

TOKYO, Japan - Tim Blackman (R), father of Briton Lucie Blackman and her sister Sophie (L), speak during a news conference after the Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for drugging and raping nine women, one fatally, but acquitted him of involvement in the death of Lucie due to lack of evidence. The dismembered body of Lucie Blackman, who worked as a hostess in Tokyo before she went missing in early July 2000 about two months after arriving in Japan, was found in a cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, in February 2001. (Kyodo)

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Mother of slain Briton seeks life term for Obara

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, mother of Lucie Blackman who died in Japan in 2000. speaks at a press conference in Tokyo after testifying at the Tokyo District Court on April 20. Steare sought life imprisonment for Joji Obara, who was indicted for raping and fatally drugging her daughter. (Kyodo)

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Mother of slain Briton satisfied with life-term ruling

TOKYO, Japan - Jane Steare, the mother of slain British woman Lucie Blackman, reads out a statement at a press conference at the British Embassy in Tokyo on Dec. 16 after the Tokyo High Court sentenced businessman Joji Obara to life in prison after overturning a lower court ruling that acquitted him of all charges involving Blackman's death due to lack of evidence. (Kyodo)

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Blackmans visit Miura beach cave

MIURA, Japan - Tim Blackman, father of Lucie Blackman, whose dismembered remains were found last month in a beach cave in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, embraces his daughter Sophie at the cave on March 1, while Lucie's brother Rupert places white lilies. The cave is near a condominium owned by Tokyo businessman Joji Obara, 48, the prime suspect in the investigation into Blackman's death.

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Beach cave, where Blackman's dismembered body was found

TOKYO, Japan - The photo shows a cave in the city of Miura, Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, where the dismembered body parts, were confirmed as those of Lucie Blackman, a 22-year-old British hostess who went missing last July, on Feb. 10. The beach cave is located about 200 meters from a condominium in nearby Aburatsubo owned by alleged rapist Joji Obara. Obara, 48, is suspected of being involved in Blackman's disappearance, but has not been charged with any crime in connection with the case.

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Joji Obara (2)

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows Joji Obara (photo taken in his high school days). The Tokyo District Court sentenced Joji Obara to life in prison on April 24 for raping and drugging nine women, including one fatally, but acquitted him of all charges involving the death of British woman Lucie Blackman. (Kyodo)

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Police investigating Blackman case find head, torso

MIURA, Japan - Police investigating the case of missing British woman Lucie Blackman on Feb. 9 find the head, torso and other dismembered parts of an unidentified woman's body (covered by blue plastic sheets on center right) on a beach in Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo. The police have since Feb. 5 been searching the coastal area near a condominium (upper left) owned by Joji Obara, a man suspected of being involved in the disappearance, although he has not yet been charged with any crime regarding Blackman's case.

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Hair from alleged rapist's condo may be Blackman's

TOKYO, Japan - Police said Dec. 28 that hair found in a condominium belonging to alleged rapist Joji Obara may be that of Lucie Blackman (file photo), a 22-year-old British bar hostess who disappeared in July in Tokyo. DNA tests indicate that several strands of hair taken from a bathroom of the condominium owned by Obara in the seaside city of Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, were hers, the police said.

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People queue for tickets to Obara trial

TOKYO, Japan - People gather outside the Tokyo District Court Dec. 14 to get tickets to the trial of Tokyo company executive Joji Obara, who has been linked to the case of missing British bar hostess Lucie Blackman. Obara, 48, is accused of drugging and raping a Canadian woman and a British woman.