Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the ' Twitter killer,' was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering nine victims in 2017, most ...

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 ...

The case, which shocked the nation, highlights Japan’s continued use of capital punishment despite international criticism. Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was executed ...

Dubbed the 'Twitter Killer' he had targeted users who posted about taking their own lives, ... Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki said Shiraishi's crimes, carried out in 2017, included "robbery, ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, the so-called "Twitter Killer", was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering nine individuals, most of whom had expressed suicidal thoughs on Twitter. The killings shocked the ...

The serial killings by Takahiro Shiraishi, dubbed the "Twitter killer", had shocked the country and triggered debate over how suicide was discussed online. Shiraishi, then 30, ...

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 ...

Shiraishi, who committed the crimes in 2017, was executed by hanging - marking Japan's first execution since 2022. Then 27, the serial killer lured young women to his home, where he raped them ...

"It is not appropriate to abolish the death penalty while these violent crimes are still being committed," Suzuki told a press conference. There are currently 105 death row inmates in Japan, he added.

The execution by hanging of a man convicted of killing nine people in Japan comes amidst a growing debate over the country's ...

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

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