Mr Ichihashi is thought to have recently had plastic surgery
The only suspect in the murder of British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker has been arrested by police in Japan, the Foreign Office has confirmed.
Tatsuya Ichihashi, 30, is being held in police custody in Osaka.
Miss Hawker, 22, from Brandon, near Coventry, was buried in a sand-filled bath at the suspect's Tokyo flat in March 2007, but Ichihashi disappeared.
Her father, Bill Hawker, said: "The chief investigator office told me we always get our man and they have done."
'Hard battle'
Mr Hawker added: "He never gave up Ichihashi. He ran away from the scene of the crime, he was running away today when he was caught. He has no remorse and I hope the Japanese society give him the maximum penalty."
Mr Hawker said it had been "a long, hard battle" for the family.
"We have worked tirelessly as a family and have never given in for our daughter," he added.
"We wanted justice and we have finally got it."
At a press conference at their home, Mr Hawker praised Japanese police who, he said, "after a very bungled start" to his daughter's murder "had got their man".
He said the family was relieved and added: "I can go down to my daughter's grave this afternoon to tell her." - BBC News
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