Japan executed a 34-year-old death row inmate known as the "Twitter Killer," who was convicted of killing nine people at his ...

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

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo.

Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and ...

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

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social ...

He was dubbed the "Twitter killer" as he contacted victims via the social media platform.Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who ...

In response to today’s execution in Japan of a man convicted of the murder of nine people, Chiara Sangiorgio, Death Penalty ...

After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

The justice ministry declined to confirm the hanging but NHK, citing government sources, said the prisoner was 34-year-old ...

Japan's justice minister says he considered very carefully before issuing the execution order of a death row inmate charged ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, Japan's 'Twitter Killer', was executed on 2 July for murdering nine people in 2017 after luring them ...