The father of Mei Tomikawa, thought to be one of the two Japanese victims of a deadly crowd crush in Seoul, left his house in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Monday to travel to South Korea.
Ayumu Tomikawa, a member of a local assembly in Hokkaido, northern Japan, told reporters in front of his house that he wants to see his 26-year-old daughter's body "as soon as possible."
The crush on Saturday night during Halloween festivities in the Itaewon district, a popular nightlife district in Seoul, left 154 people dead and around 150 injured, South Korea authorities said.