An octogenarian death row has died, according to Florida court records, making him at least the seventh death row inmate to ...

Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

Japan carried out its first execution in nearly three years by hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, known as the “Twitter killer,” at the Tokyo Detention House.

Japan yesterday 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. Takahiro Shiraishi, ...

Japan carried out the death penalty on Friday for a man known as the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, marking the country’s first execution since 2022. Takahiro ...

The execution was carried out as calls grow to abolish capital punishment or increase transparency in Japan after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada last year.

In one of the most disturbing and widely discussed criminal cases in Japan’s history, Takahiro Shiraishi — known as the “Twitter Killer” — has been executed, putting a final end to a horrifying ...

Japan has executed Takahiro Shiraishi, the man dubbed the “Twitter Killer,” for the 2017 murders and dismemberment of nine people he lured via social media. Shiraishi, 34, was hanged at the Tokyo ...

Japan executed a man on Friday, who murdered nine people after contacting them through social media – the first execution in the Asian country in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced ...

TOKYO – Japan’s justice minister on Friday announced the execution of a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” – the moniker media gave him – who murdered and ...

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.

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