Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in ...

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

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

Japan executed “Twitter Killer” Takahiro Shiraishi in its first use of the death penalty since 2022. Shiraishi murdered and ...

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

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

The chilling mass murder case had gripped the nation for years and raised concerns over the use of social media.

Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his apartment near Tokyo.

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter killer," was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

TOKYO — A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan's Justice Ministry said. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the "Twitter ...