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 ...

Japan yesterday executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022.

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's ...

Japan has executed a man 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, 34, was hanged for ...

Japan carried out the death penalty on Friday for a man known as the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, marking the country’s first execution since 2022. Takahiro ...

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 2022Japan executed a man yesterday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the ...

Japan hangs 'Twitter killer' in first execution since 2022 World News Reuters Sat, 28 Jun 2025 ...

Capital punishment is carried out by hanging in Japan and prisoners are notified of their execution hours before it is carried out, which has long been decried by human rights groups for the ...

Japan Hangs 'Twitter Killer' In First Execution Since 2022 Japan executed on Friday a man convicted of the 2017 serial murders of nine people near Tokyo, the government said, marking the country's ...

TOKYO – Japan’s justice minister on Friday announced the execution of a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” – the moniker media gave him – who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online in 2017.