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.

Atkins, Krenwinkel, and Watson (the three who actually committed the murders) were all sentenced to death. Atkins died in prison in 2009, Krenwinkel was recommended for parole in May 2025, and Watson ...

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly ...

Shiraishi’s execution is the first the country has seen since July 2022, NHK reported. In Japan, the death penalty is delivered by hanging, with execution dates not made public until after the ...

Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in a crowded Tokyo shopping district of Akihabara in 2018.

TOKYO (AP) — A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -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’s execution is the first the country has seen since July 2022, NHK reported. In Japan, the death penalty is delivered by hanging, with execution dates not made public until after the ...

Shiraishi’s execution is the first the country has seen since July 2022, NHK reported. In Japan, the death penalty is delivered by hanging, with execution dates not made public until after the ...

Shiraishi’s execution is the first the country has seen since July 2022, NHK reported. In Japan, the death penalty is delivered by hanging, with execution dates not made public until after the ...