The Sankei News of Japan reported on December 24 that the Japanese police announced that at around 15:30 local time on the afternoon of December 24, they found Ai Iijima, a famous Japanese AV actress, dead in her apartment in Shibuya District, Tokyo. The police said there were no signs of homicide at the scene. The report stated that Ai Iijima mentioned in her last blog post in December that she hoped to take an AIDS test.
According to the police, staff members from Ai Iijima's former talent agency discovered the body inside her apartment and immediately notified the police. The police confirmed that Ai Iijima died in one of the rooms in her apartment, with no signs of homicide at the scene. The exact cause of death is still uncertain.