Kanagawa Prefectural Police admitted Thursday they failed to respond appropriately to a stalking-murder case in which a 20-year-old woman was found dead at her former boyfriend's home in Kawasaki in April.
In a review report, police acknowledged organizational problems, saying the initial response was inadequate and the response system had been ineffective.
"We take very seriously the grave consequence of a women being murdered, and we apologize for our inappropriate response," Kaoru Wada, chief of Kanagawa police, said at a news conference Thursday.
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