Two American men have been questioned over the death in Japan of Irish exchange student Nicola Furlong, according to a police statement on Monday.<br/> <br />Twenty-one-year-old Furlong was found dead in a hotel in central Tokyo early on Thursday, and an initial autopsy indicated she may have been strangled.<br/> <br />The two men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly groping Furlong's friend, also a 21-year-old Irish woman, when they were travelling to the hotel.<br/> <br />The U.S. embassy in Tokyo said it was offering the two men consular assistance, but local police didn't immediately confirm where the pair were being detained.<br/> <br />Irish media reports that Furlong was taking part in an exchange programme at a university in Takasaki, about 70 miles from Tokyo - and was due to return to Dublin in July.<br/> <br />The two women had visited Tokyo on Wednesday night to see a concert by hip hop artist Nicki Minaj, and are beieved to have met the two men on their way home.<br/> <br />Travis Brecher, Reuters
