Ever watched the movie Concrete or Junko? Your heart must be breaking into pieces. What if I say, that the story is based on a real-life incident? You will be numb, but yes, it is the story of Junko Furuta, an innocent girl from Japan. So, let’s cover the story revolving around, the murder of Junko Furuta. If you see a person begging to die, you will pray for their death. Junko begged for her death but the monster didn’t give her. If you have a weak heart, don’t read the blog below.
Who is Junko Furuta?
Junko Furuta was a Japanese girl who was kidnapped, raped, tortured, and murdered by four teenagers: Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura, Shinji Minato, and Yasushi Watanabe in 1989. She was born on 18 January 1971 in Japan and was a student of Yashio-Minami High School. She used to work in a plastic moulding factory to help her family financially. Junko was a cheerful girl and had friendly behaviour. But, Miyano proposed to her which she rejected as she wanted to focus on her career. On the evening of November 25, 1988, the teenagers kidnapped and raped her.
Kidnapping and Rape of Junko Furuta
On November 25, 1988, at 8:30 pm, Hiroshi Miyano, along with his group was searching for women to rape and lure. That’s when they saw Junko, who was on her bicycle going home. One of Miyano’s friends kicked her bicycle and she fell to the ground. Miyano acted as a good person and tried helping Junko. He asked her if he could drop her off at her home. Junko agreed, and they left, but unfortunately, she did not reach her home.
Furthermore, Miyano took Junko to an abandoned warehouse and started intimidating and raping her by taking the name of the Yakuza group (a criminal group of people in Japan). Then, he kidnapped Junko and reached a park where his friends, Minato, Ogura, and Watanabe, raped her several times. Later, they took her to Minato’s house and introduced her as his girlfriend. However, his parents were aware of the situation but remained quiet due to the fear of the Yakuza group.
On the other side, Junko’s parents reached the police station to file an FIR. But, Miyano threatened Junko to call her parents and say that she had run away from home; otherwise, they would kill her family. Miyano kidnapped her for 44 days and in these days, she was raped over 400 times by 100 men. Miyano and his friends used to hang her from the ceiling for days and used her like a punching bag.
They were so heartless that they used to hit her stomach with barbells and that was just the beginning. They tortured her genitals with scissors, bottles, rods, and exploding light bulbs. After crossing all the limits, they cut her breasts from her body and burnt her genitals and other body parts. They fed her cockroaches and urine forcefully.
The murder of Junko Furuta
On January 4, 1989, Miyano and his friends poured lighter fluid on Junko and set her on fire. The assault lasted for more than two hours and then Junko died at 10 a.m. on the same day. To hide their disgusting act, they wrapped her body in a blanket and threw it into a drum of wet cement. The next day, they threw the drum on a vacant construction site.
After some days, Miyano and Ogura were arrested for kidnapping a 19-year-old girl. During interrogation, Miyano thought the police were asking about Junko and he confessed to the murder of Junko Furuta and told about the body’s location. Later, the police solved the puzzle and recovered Junko’s remaining mortals on March 29, 1989. Hiroshi Miyano, Jō Ogura, Shinji Minato, Minato’s brother, and Yasushi Watanabe were arrested on the same day. Junko’s body was identified through fingerprints.
Trial of Junko Furuta Case
During the trial of the murder of Junko Furuta, the accused were arrested. The main accused, Hiroshi Miyano was sentenced to 17 years, Jō Ogura sentenced to 5-7 years, Shinji Minato sentenced to 5-6 years, and Yasushi Watanabe passed the judgement to three to four years of imprisonment. Furthermore, Miyano was released in 2009 and changed his name to Hiroshi Yokoyama. Ogura changed his last name to “Kamisaku” after getting released in 1999. Minato was released in 1998. Yasushi Watanabe was re-sentenced for five to seven years and released in 1996.
Bottom Line
Junko Furuta was a Japanese girl who was raped several times by over 100 men before death. She was good in her studies and friendly in nature. But Miyano, a school dropped out proposed her. She rejected his proposal because she wanted to focus on her career. In the rage of denial, Miyano along with his three friends kidnapped Junko on November 25, 1988. After the kidnapping, they raped her multiple times, used her as a kick bag, fed her cockroaches, and burnt her body. She died on January 4, 1989.
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