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

Japan has carried out its first execution in nearly three years, hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, the man known as the "Twitter ...

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

Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was put to death on Friday, eight years after body parts were found in coolers at his home outside Tokyo.

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