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.

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 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 executes Takahiro Shiraishi, the 'Twitter killer,' convicted of murdering nine people. The case raised concerns over social media's role in crimes.

The execution was carried out as calls grow to abolish capital punishment or increase transparency in Japan after the acquittal of the world's longest-serving death row inmate Iwao Hakamada last year.

Japan executes Takahiro Shiraishi, the 'Twitter killer,' convicted of murdering nine people. The case raised concerns over social media's role in crimes.