TOKYO >> Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital punishment in the country in nearly three years.

Takahiro Shiraishi was hanged for the murders of eight women and one man whose body parts he hid in his small apartment.

Japan executed a 34-year-old death row inmate known as the "Twitter Killer," who was convicted of killing nine people at his apartment south of Tokyo in 2017.

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

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly ...

Japan has executed a man convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo, the country's Justice Ministry announced. Takahiro Shiraishi, the so-called "Twitter Killer", ...

Japan's serial ‘Twitter killer’ sentenced to death The 30-year-old said he would not appeal his sentence. Associated Press. Published December 15, 2020 8:03am EST. Facebook; Twitter; ...

Japan's 'Twitter killer' sentenced to death for dismembering 9 victims. Investigators said Takahiro Shiraishi approached the victims via Twitter, offering to assist them with their suicidal wishes.

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) By Associated Press.

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 body ...

A Japanese man who became known as the “Twitter killer” for targeting women who expressed suicidal thoughts on social media pleaded guilty Wednesday to murdering and dismembering nine people ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media. He ...