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.

The death penalty, Japan's ultimate punishment, has been carried out in the country for the first time in two years and 11 ...

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

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

JAPAN has executed the man who brutally murdered eight women and one man – aged between 15 and 26 – after luring them to his flat. Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the “Twitter ...

The execution was carried out as calls grow to abolish capital punishment or increase transparency in Japan after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada last year.

Held for years without conviction, suspects face isolation and pressure to confess in a system decried by critics as ‘hostage ...

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

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

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

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Takahiro Shiraishi's victims were aged 15 to 26. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.