Junko Kobayashi, then a fourth-year student at Sophia University, was days away from leaving to study in the United States when her body was found in the burned remains of her family home in Katsushika Ward. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/09/japan/crime-legal/sophia-university-murder/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #tokyo#sophiauniversity #japanesepolice