Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social ...

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

A Japanese serial murderer dubbed the “Twitter killer” has been sentenced to death after killing nine victims and keeping their dismembered remains in his apartment. Takahiro Shiraishi , 30, confessed ...

The case, which shocked the nation, highlights Japan’s continued use of capital punishment despite international criticism.

In one of the most disturbing and widely discussed criminal cases in Japan’s history, Takahiro Shiraishi — known as the ...

A man known as the “Twitter killer,” who admitted to dismembering nine people in Japan after they posted suicidal thoughts on social media, has been sentenced to death for his crimes, ...

A Japanese sicko dubbed the “Twitter Killer” was sentenced to death Tuesday by a Tokyo district court for killing and hacking up nine people before being discovered to be living with their ...