By Alastair Jamieson, msnbc.com
Two Americans have been arrested in connection the death of a female Irish exchange student in Japan, police in Tokyo were reported as saying on Sunday.
Nicola Furlong, 21, from County Wexford, Ireland, was found unconscious in a hotel room early on Thursday, hours after attending a concert by the rapper Nicki Minaj, the Irish Times said.
She was later confirmed dead at a hospital, where an autopsy indicated she may have been strangled.
The Irish Times said Furlong is believed to have gone to Keio Plaza Hotel in Shinjuku, a business and shopping hub in central Tokyo, after midnight with her female friend after the two met the American pair.
The Daily Yomiuri in Japan said police arrested?two American?men - a musician, 19, and a dancer, 23 - on suspicion of sexually assaulting Furlong's friend and fellow student, 21, in a taxi on the way to the hotel.
It said police suspect?the men know how Furlong subsequently died.
The Japan Times said the 19-year-old suspect was alone in a room with Furlong when hotel staff went up to probe a complaint about loud noise.
None of the reports could be confirmed by msnbc.com.
Furling was attending Takasaki City University of Economics in Gunma Prefecture.
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