A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed on Friday, ...

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

Japan carried out the death penalty on Friday for a man known as the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine ...

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

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was was executed on Friday, at the Tokyo Detention House in secrecy with ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social ...

The chilling mass murder case had gripped the nation for years and raised concerns over the use of social media.

Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and ...