TOKYO >> Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years.

The execution by hanging of a man convicted of killing nine people in Japan comes amidst a growing debate over the country's ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...

Takahiro Shiraishi-- dubbed the "Twitter killer"-- strangled eight women and one man to death in 2017 ... Japan's last execution took place in July 2022, ...

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo. Takahiro Shiraishi, ...

Japan has carried out its first execution since 2022, hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter Killer," who murdered nine people in 2017. The case reignites debate over Japan’s use of the ...

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022. Kantaro Komiya. Fri, June 27, ... It followed the execution in July 2022 of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's shopping ...

Takahiro Shiraishi's victims were aged 15 to 26. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022. July 1, 2025. Japan on Friday (June 27) executed a man who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first case of ...

June 27 (UPI) -- Japan executed a 34-year-old death row inmate known as the "Twitter Killer," who was convicted of killing nine people at his apartment south of Tokyo in 2017, marking the first ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, ... Japan's most recent execution, in July 2022, ...