Takahiro Shiraishi covers his face while sitting in a police car in Tokyo, Japan, on November 1, 2017. Japan executed Shiraishi on Friday. File Photo by EPA-EFE/JIJI PRESS June 27 (UPI) --Japan ...

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 ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -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 ...

TOKYO (AP) — 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 ...

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 three years.

June 27 (UPI) --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, marking the first person ...

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 killer,” ...

A court sketch by Masato Yamashita dated September 30, 2020 shows Takahiro Shiraishi (C), on trial - Copyright JIJI PRESS/AFP Masato YAMASHITA A court sketch by ...