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(FILES) This file photo taken on November 1, 20217 shows suspect Takahiro Shiraishi covering his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo. Japan has executed Takahiro Shiraishi, Japanese media outlets said on June 27, 2025, the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment. Shiraishi was sentenced to death in 2020 for murdering and dismembering nine people, all women but one, whom he met on a social media platform. (Photo by JIJI PRESS / AFP) / Japan OUT

Japan Executes ‘Twitter Killer’ in First Use of Death Penalty Since 2022

Japan carried out its first execution in nearly three years on Friday (June 27, 2025), hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, widely known as the “Twitter killer”, for the 2017 murders of nine people. Shiraishi
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