Japan executed Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as the 'Twitter killer'. He murdered nine individuals in 2017. Shiraishi ...

He was dubbed the "Twitter killer" as he contacted victims via the social media platform Japan ... Capital punishment is carried out by hanging in Japan and prisoners are notified of their execution ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was secretly hanged at Tokyo Detention House, with authorities revealing it only after the execution.

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

STORY: :: June 27, 2025:: Japan carries out its first execution since 2022, hanging a man who was dubbed the 'Twitter killer':: Kyodo/via REUTERS:: Takahiro Shiraishi strangled and dismembered ...

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 By DAVID AVERRE and AP ...

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.

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' In 1st Execution Since 2022 Takahiro Shiraishi had been sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment near 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. Takahiro Shiraishi had been ...