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.

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 ...

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

TOKYO — 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 ...

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 ...

There are currently 105 death row inmates in Japan, he added. Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' In 1st Execution Since 2022 ...

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 ...