Takahiro Shiraishi had been convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people after luring them through social media.

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

Takahiro Shiraishi admitted killing and butchering his young victims, all but one of whom were women between 15 and 26. None ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing nine people he met on social media, was executed Friday — the ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged for killing his young victims, all but one of whom were women, after contacting them on the social media platform now called X.

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. He was also ...

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 ...

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