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Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

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

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

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 ...

Japan has executed Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the Twitter killer, for the 2017 murders of nine people he lured via social media. Shiraishi was convicted of rape, murder, and dismemberment of ...

Japanese authorities on Friday carried out the execution of Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as Japan's Twitter killer, who had been convicted ...

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 ...

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 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 ...