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.

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

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 ...

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

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

Takahiro Shiraishi-- dubbed the "Twitter killer"-- strangled eight women and one man to death in 2017 ... Japan's last execution took place in July 2022, ...

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 ...

Japan hangs the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. Skip to main content ABC News ...

Japan hangs ’Twitter killer’ in first execution since 2022 ... Japan hangs ’Twitter killer’ in first execution since 2022. World. Published 06/26/2025, 10:28 PM. Updated 06/27/2025, 12:36 PM.

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 It followed the execution in July 2022 of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's shopping district Akihabara in 2008.

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 world. ... It followed the execution in July 2022 of a man who went on a stabbing rampage in Tokyo's shopping district Akihabara in 2008.

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. Takahiro Shiraishi had been ...