Srinagar, June 27 -- Japan carried out its first execution in nearly three years on Friday (June 27, 2025), hanging Takahiro Shiraishi, widely known as the "Twitter killer", for the 2017 murders of nine people.

Shiraishi was convicted of luring eight women and one man through social media, strangling them, and dismembering their bodies at his apartment in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo. His crimes shocked the nation and drew global attention due to his use of Twitter to target vulnerable individuals.

Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki, who authorized the execution, described Shiraishi's motives as "extremely selfish" and said the killings caused "great shock and unrest to society." Suzuki stated the decision followed a thorough revi...