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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Takahiro Shiraishi covers his face while sitting in a police car in Tokyo, Japan, on November 1, 2017. Japan executed Shiraishi on ...

Japan has executed Takahiro Shiraishi, the man known as the “Twitter killer,” after he was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, most of them women. His execution, by hanging, took ...

"Today the execution of Takahiro Shiraishi was carried out." "This case caused great shock and discomfort to the public, with the loss of nine victims and precious human lives in a span of two months ...

A man dubbed the "Twitter killer" has been executed in Japan for murdering and dismembering nine people in his flat. Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged at the Tokyo Detention House after being ...

Japan on June 27 executed a man dubbed the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation's first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi, ...