'''Nicola Furlong''' was an [[Irish people|Irish]] female [[exchange student]] who was [[murder]]ed in a [[Shinjuku]] hotel while studying at a [[Takasaki]] university near [[Tokyo]] in 2012. Richard Hinds was later convicted of her murder and sentenced to a minimum of 5 years in prison. A memorial, located in Ardcavan, [[County Wexford]], was erected in her memory in 2018.<ref name="Kelleher-2022-01-11">{{Cite news |last= Kelleher |first= Olivia |date= 2022-01-11 |title= Father of Nicola Furlong dreads imminent release of her killer |url= https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/father-of-nicola-furlong-dreads-imminent-release-of-her-killer-1385703.html |access-date= 2024-02-09 |work= BreakingNews.ie |language= en}}</ref>
