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

A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 5 of the New York edition with the headline: Japan Executes Man Convicted in the Serial Killings of Nine People.

World Japan's serial ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death The 30-year-old said he would not appeal his sentence ...

Japan used the death penalty for the first time in almost three years as it executed an individual known as the "Twitter killer," who was found guilty of killing and dismembering 9 people. The killer ...

Japan’s ‘Twitter killer,’ who murdered 9 people, is sentenced to death Takahiro Shiraishi leaves a police station in Tokyo in November 2017. (Takuya Inaba / Kyodo News) ...

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 ...

Japan's 'Black Widow' serial killer, who murdered 3 lovers, loses execution appeal. By Matthew Loh. Chisako Kakehi was arrested in Kyoto in 2014 on suspicion of poisoning her husband with cyanide. ...

Japan’s Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence given to a 74-year-old serial killer, known as the “Black Widow,” for the murder of three men, including her husband, and the attempted ...

Japan ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for murdering 9 people, storing their bodies in his apartment by: Associated Press. Posted: Dec 15, 2020 / 09:19 AM EST.

Japan ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death for serial murders . Dec. 15, 2020 at 2:48 am Updated Dec. 15, ... Japan’s suicide rate ranks among the world’s highest.