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

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

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 ...

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.

X Japan is trademarked in Japan by the nation’s biggest rock band. J-rock would not be what we know it without X Japan, and since Twitter announced its rebranding, members of X Japan have been ...

Known as 'Twitter killer', Takahiro Shiraishi murdered nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media in 2017. He was sentenced to death three years later in 2020.

Twitter has launched its Twitter Blue subscription plan in Japan for ¥980 ($7.40) per month on the web and ¥1,380 ($10.42) per month on iOS.

STORY: :: June 27, 2025:: Japan carries out its first execution since 2022, hanging a man who was dubbed the 'Twitter killer':: Kyodo/via REUTERS:: Takahiro Shiraishi strangled and dismembered ...

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

Japan carries out rare execution as 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine people, raped the women and chopped up their bodies in house of horrors is hanged. By DAVID AVERRE and AP .