Cold Cases in Japan
ColdCaseIndex documents 2 cases in Japan, dated 1988 to 1989. 0 are recorded as unsolved. The earliest is Tsutomu Miyazaki Victims (1988) and the most recent is Junko Furuta (1989).
Regions covered: Tokyo (1).
Status of the 2 cases in this index
- Solved or convicted 2 (100%)
By type
All Japan cases
Conviction
1989
Junko Furuta
Junko Furuta, a 17-year-old high school student from Misato, Saitama, was abducted on November 25, 1988, and held for about 40 days in a house in Adachi, Tokyo, where she died on January 4, 1989.
Conviction
1988
Tsutomu Miyazaki Victims
Between August 1988 and June 1989, four girls aged 4 to 7 were abducted and killed in Tokyo and neighbouring Saitama Prefecture.