**The man hunted by Japanese police over the murder of a young British woman in Tokyo could have had plastic surgery, local news reports have said.**A man resembling Tatsuya Ichihashi had plastic surgery in Osaka within the past two weeks, said the reports.
Mr Ichihashi is suspected of killing Lindsay Ann Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, in March 2007.
Her body was found buried in a bathtub full of sand at his apartment, where she had given him an English lesson.
Detectives attended the clinic where the plastic surgery patient had a follow-up appointment, but he failed to arrive, according to the reports, which local police have refused to either confirm or deny.
When Ms Hawker disappeared after giving Mr Ichihashi an English lesson and friends of hers found his phone number in her room, police visited his flat.
But Mr Ichihashi escaped as detectives arrived at his apartment. Ms Hawker’s body was found in a bathtub filled with sand.
Police in Japan have since offered a 10m yen (£63,397) reward.
Ms Hawker’s family said the previous largest Japanese police reward was 1m yen.
Officers have posted 30,000 posters with photographs of the suspect at police and railway stations across Japan.