Hideko Hakamada, sister of former boxer Iwao Hakamada, who had been on death row in Japan for 47 years, showed a picture of her young brother Iwao during an interview outside the Tokyo Detention ...

The damning indictments in two cases expose flaws in a system that prides itself on a 99.8 per cent conviction rate. Read ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the 'Twitter killer,' was executed in Japan for murdering and dismembering nine people in 2017.

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

Un hombre condenado por matar y desmembrar a nueve personas en su apartamento cerca de Tokio fue ejecutado el viernes, ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2017 for killing 8 women & 1 man, all of whom he met on Twitter, now X.

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

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

Japan executed a man on Friday, who murdered nine people after contacting them through social media - the first execution ...

A man guilty of murdering nine people, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media, has been executed in Japan.

Japan executed Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," for murdering nine people in 2017, marking the country’s ...

Japan has executed the 'Twitter Killer' Takahiro Shiraishi for murdering nine people, marking its first execution since 2022.