Junko furuta was a 17-year-old Japanese girl who was kidnapped, raped and murdered. Her case sparked global outrage and inspired several films and books.
She was walking home from her baito (part-time job) when she was abducted by four teenage boys. One of them was Hiroshi Miyano.
The Abduction
Junko furuta was a beautiful girl who was well-liked by her classmates. She was not into smoking or drinking and didn’t have any drug habits.
Her school bully Hiroshi Miyano had a crush on her but she turned him down. He got furious and started a series of vicious acts against her.
She was raped by over 400 men and boys in forty-four days. The torture and abuse she endured in her captivity were horrific, including inserting iron bars, scissors, skewers, fireworks, and even a lit lightbulb into her vagina and anus to destroy her internal organs.
The abuse was so severe that it took Furuta over an hour to crawl down to the bathroom and her eardrums were damaged. Her brain was also severely damaged by her rapes and she was left paralyzed. Her family was aware of what was happening, but were too afraid to act and feared for their lives.
The Torture
When Junko Furuta turned down the advances of bully Hiroshi Miyano, he and three other friends decided to kidnap her. They took her to a warehouse and a hotel where they repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted her.
They also poured hot wax on her eyelids, stuck sowing needles in her breasts and ripped off her left nipple with pliers. She was also forced to sleep on a balcony that exposed her to cold temperatures and inserted foreign objects into her vagina and anus.
Her hands were smashed with weights, her fingernails were torn, and she was so badly bruised that it took her an hour to crawl downstairs to the bathroom. She was unable to urinate properly after 30 days of the torture because her internal organs had been damaged and her vulva had been burnt from cigarettes and lighters.
It is sad to note that although the four boys responsible for the brutal rape of Junko Furuta are now out of prison, their crimes continue to haunt Japan. The horrific abuse of this teenage girl remains a reminder of the failure of society to protect its most vulnerable members.
The Murder
Junko Furuta was a 17-year-old high school student who hoped to pursue a career in music after graduation. She was a popular girl with beautiful features and worked part-time during after-school hours to save money for her graduation trip.
In November 1988, she was riding her bike home from her baito when she was assailed by a stranger. Unsuspecting, she fell off her bike and a random boy kicked her to the ground. The stranger, Hiroshi Miyano, then asked her to walk her home.
He followed her and a short time later, she was taken to an abandoned warehouse where she was repeatedly raped and tortured until she was burned alive by lighter fuel. It’s one of the most heinous murder cases ever committed in Japan, and is considered to be among the country’s most gruesome. The four boys who were responsible for her kidnapping and death — Hiroshi Miyano, Nobuharu Minato, Kamisaku Jo, and Yasushi Watanabe – were all low-level members of the Yakuza.
The Trial
Junko furuta was abducted and tortured by four teenage boys. Her captors used her as a tool for gang rapes.
In her 44 days as a captive, she was raped an estimated 400 times. The gang brought in more than 100 men to rape her, often multiple times in a day.
Her hands and feet were smashed with weights, her fingernails were cracked, and she had burns on her eyes from cigarette lighters. Her brain had shrunk, her eardrums were broken, and her genitals and internal organs were damaged.
The gang also burned her eyes with hot wax, tore off her left nipple with pliers, and pierced her breasts with sewing needles. The damage to her internal organs and vulva caused her to have difficulty urinating.
A few weeks after her death, the gang dumped her body in a 55-gallon drum. She was later found dead in the drum, with her face unrecognizable from all the brutal assaults.
