They are awaiting the verdict on Joji Obara, 54, who denies abducting ... money" and would be split between the Lucie Blackman Trust and supporting the family in the future. Speaking during the visit ...

BBC Tokyo correspondent Chris Hogg said that under Japanese law the Blackman family themselves have no grounds to appeal ... had been drugged with chloroform by Obara. Joji Obara has been given a life ...

(Note: it’s never a Satanic cult ritual; it’s a family member ... culture’s refusal to see how horrible the crimes of Joji Obara, accused of killing Lucie in 2000; disappointingly, he ...

MANILA, Philippines — Japanese singer-songwriter Joji is returning to the Philippines this November, this time for a solo concert as part of his "Pandemonium" world tour. Joji — whose real ...

Lucie's family began a media campaign and then-prime ... In April 2001, property developer Joji Obara was arrested over Lucie’s death. He had previously admitted to meeting her, but denied ...

Joji Obara is believed to be serving a life sentence in prison ... After failing to return her friend's calls following the date, Lucie's family flew to Tokyo to start a highly publicised campaign to ...

Here’s what you need to know: Joji Obara was a millionaire real estate ... Louise reached out to Lucie’s family, who flew to Tokyo to try to figure out where their daughter was.

After Lucie’s disappearance, her family flew to Japan to try to figure ... in a seafront cave a few yards away from a man named Joji Obara’s home, authorities found her dismembered body ...

Carita was killed by a man named Joji Obara - though his role in her death ... In December 2008, after an appeal pushed by Lucie's family, he was jailed for abduction, and dismembering and ...

Lucie Blackman’s father, Tim, and sister, Sophie, talk to reporters outside a Tokyo district court in 2004( Photo: Junko Kimura/Getty) The Netflix synopsis reads: “When 21-year old British air ...

The tragic incident and the subsequent investigation had an impact on the Blackman family, especially ... culprit behind his daughter's murder, Joji Obara. The accused had been later charged ...