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

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Japan Executes Man Convicted in the Serial Killings of Nine People.

Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer ...

Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter ...

Japan has hanged Takahiro Shiraishi, a serial killer who murdered nine people he met on Twitter. Japan's justice minister said Shiraishi's crimes included robbery, rape, murder, and destruction of ...

Japan now has 105 people on death row, ... Japan executes 'Twitter Killer' convicted of killing, dismembering 9 people. by MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press. Fri, June 27th 2025 at 6:19 AM ...

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 killer&#… ...

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