Prosper was sentenced to jail for a minimum of 49 years in March, which the solicitor general branded as "unduly lenient".

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

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 ...

Since 2007, Japan has begun releasing the names of those executed and some details of their crimes, although disclosure remains limited. Japan and the United States are the only members of the Group ...

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

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

Since 2007, Japan has begun releasing the names of those executed and some details of their crimes, although disclosure remains limited.

Japan has executed a man who murdered nine people in 2017, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter ...