The video is about Junko Furuta, a young woman from Japan who was subjected to horrific torture and abuse by a group of teenage boys, including Hiroshi Miano, Joe Ogura, Yasushi Watanabe, and Nobuharu Minato. The boys, who were part of a Yakuza group, planned to abduct and gang rape Junko after she rejected Hiroshi's advances. They took her to an abandoned warehouse, where they raped her repeatedly.
The boys then took her to a hotel, where they continued to assault her. They also invited their friends to come over and assault her. Over the course of 42 days, Junko was subjected to unimaginable torture, including being beaten, raped, burned with lighter fluid, and having various objects inserted into her body. She was also forced to crawl to the bathroom, which took her over an hour.
On January 1, 1989, Junko was found dead in a 55-gallon oil drum filled with concrete. The boys had disposed of the drum at a construction site in Koto, Tokyo. Hiroshi Miano confessed to the crime during his police interrogation, revealing where the body was hidden. The boys were arrested and tried for their crimes. Despite the severity of their actions, they received relatively light sentences due to Japan's juvenile court system, which focuses more on rehabilitation than punishment.
As of the recording date, all four boys were released from jail. Hiroshi Miano was sentenced to 20 years in prison, but he was later released early. Joe Ogura was released in August 1999 and went on to marry a Chinese woman, but their marriage didn't last. He went back to prison in July 2004 for seven years for beating a man he thought was luring his girlfriend away from him. He was released again in 2009 and is still free to this day.
Nobuharu Minato was released from jail in 2006, changed his name to Shinji, and married a woman from Romania. They divorced soon after, and the wife ended up with custody of their daughter. Minato was arrested again in 2011 for the attempted murder of a businessman. He was released again in 2013.
Yasushi Watanabe was released from jail in 2001. He is not mentioned in the video after his release.
1. Junko Furuta was a young woman from Misato, Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
2. She was born into a family with a mother, father, an older brother, and a younger brother.
3. Junko attended high school in Saitama and worked part-time at a plastic molding factory.
4. She was planning a graduation trip and had a job lined up at an electronics store after graduation.
5. Junko was popular and well-liked by her classmates, with great grades and good attendance.
6. She didn't drink, smoke, or use drugs, which made her seem "lame" to some of her peers.
7. Hiroshi Miyano, a classmate, developed a crush on Junko and proposed physical relations, which she refused.
8. Hiroshi was a bully and couldn't believe Junko turned him down, leading him to hatch a plan for revenge.
9. On November 25, 1988, Junko was attacked while riding her bike home from work, and Hiroshi came to her aid, pretending to be a hero.
10. Hiroshi took Junko to an abandoned warehouse, revealed his Yakuza connections, and raped her repeatedly.
11. He then took her to a hotel, where he and his friends Joe Ogura and Yasushi Watanabe continued to assault her.
12. The group decided to keep Junko captive, and she was held for 44 days, during which she was repeatedly raped, beaten, and tortured.
13. Junko's family reported her missing, but the captors forced her to call her parents and tell them she was fine.
14. The police visited the Minato house but didn't find any evidence of Junko's presence, as the parents denied knowing anything about her.
15. Junko was forced to endure extreme physical and emotional abuse, including being burned with cigarettes and lighters, having objects inserted into her body, and being hung from the ceiling.
16. On January 4, 1989, Junko was challenged to a game of Mahjong Solitaire, which she won, but her captors responded with a severe beating and poured lighter fluid on her body, setting her on fire.
17. Junko died the following day, and her body was put into a 55-gallon oil drum, filled with concrete, and disposed of at a construction site in Koto, Tokyo.
18. The police found Junko's body, and the four captors were arrested and put on trial.
19. The court withheld the names of the captors, as they were juveniles at the time of the crime.
20. Hiroshi Miyano was sentenced to 20 years in prison, while the other three captors received lesser sentences.
21. The case sparked outrage and debate about the Japanese justice system, particularly regarding the treatment of juvenile offenders.
22. The four captors were released from prison, and some have since been arrested again for other crimes.
23. Yasushi Watanabe is the only one of the four captors who hasn't been arrested since his release from prison.
24. The police have linked several more individuals to the crime using DNA evidence from sperm and pubic hairs found at the scene.