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

Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital ...

Suspected 'Twitter Killer' Takahiro Shiraishi hides his face while being transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo on November 1, 2017. Photo: STR/AFP via Getty Images But ...

The case, which shocked the nation, highlights Japan’s continued use of capital punishment despite international criticism.

In one of the most disturbing and widely discussed criminal cases in Japan’s history, Takahiro Shiraishi — known as the ...

Japan’s ‘Twitter killer,’ who murdered 9 people, is sentenced to death. ... Japan’s crime rate is relatively low, but there have been some recent high-profile killings and crimes.

A man known as the “Twitter killer,” who admitted to dismembering nine people in Japan after they posted suicidal thoughts on social media, has been sentenced to death for his crimes, ...

A Japanese sicko dubbed the “Twitter Killer” was sentenced to death Tuesday by a Tokyo district court for killing and hacking up nine people before being discovered to be living with their ...