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 ...

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's last execution took place in July 2022, when a man convicted of a 2008 stabbing rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara district was hanged.

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

Article-Playlist: Asia 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 ...

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 ...

Japan on Friday executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.- Death row ...

Japan and the U.S. are the only two countries in the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations that retain capital punishment. Japan's most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who ...