Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the ' Twitter killer,' was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering nine victims in 2017, most ...

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.

Japan has carried out its first execution since 2022, hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter Killer," who murdered nine people in 2017. The case reignites debate over Japan’s use of the ...

Japan executed Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as the 'Twitter killer'. He murdered nine individuals in 2017. Shiraishi lured victims through social media, exploiting their suicidal thoughts. He ...

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

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, ...

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 ...

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 on Friday, carried out the execution of 34-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as the “Twitter Killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine persons he met ...

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