24 years after the killing of students at Sophia University "A quick solution as soon as possible" September 8 5:37

The case where Junko Kobayashi, a student at Sophia University in Tokyo in Katsushika Ward, was killed in 1996, remains unresolved for 24 days in 9 days.


At the time, a professor who taught English literature to Junko at the university responded to the interview for the first time, and strongly appealed to solve the case, saying that "I was really sorry that I died before I could fly to the world."

Junko Kobayashi (21 at the time) was a fourth year student at Sophia University's Faculty of Foreign Languages.



On September 9, 1996, someone at a house in Katsushika-ku, Tokyo was killed by a knife, and the house was set on fire.



It happened two days before I went to study in America.



At the time, Kotonori Togo, who is still a professor at the university, was in charge of English literature classes from the year Junko entered the school.



It is said that the bright personality and the appearance of taking care of the lower class students left a strong impression.



Mr. Togo recalled, "I was loved by many friends because I was a student who was serious, friendly, and from a downtown area."



"I heard that my dream for the future was to become a journalist, but I was really disappointed that I died before I flew into the world, and I think he was too sorry. I wanted to give it and I wanted to go there as well."



Mr. Togo continued to scrap related newspaper articles in hopes that the case could be resolved, and he strongly insisted, "I still can't believe it. I want to know the truth as soon as possible and want me to solve it."

Junko's thoughts in the report

The report written by Junko Kobayashi who died while he was in college still remains.



This report was written when I was in the first grade when I took a lecture by Mr. Togo, and considered a novel by an English author.



Junko, who had been aiming to become a journalist, was handwritten on 11 manuscript sheets and analyzes the historical background of the novel and the social climate at the time.



Mr. Togo said, "I was a very straightforward and straight student, but that kind of personality appeared in the report. I think I was writing her naive thought, not the feeling of strange decoration or aiming for new things. I was talking."