Mei Tomikawa, a 26-year-old Japanese woman said to have died in a crowd crush in Itaewon, Seoul, had been studying in the South Korea capital since June.
"She was a person who took on many challenges," her father, Ayumu, said Sunday night. "I'm devastated."
Ayumu, 60, told The Yomiuri Shimbun he had learned of the tragedy on the news that morning.
