TOKYO: Japan executed on Friday (Aug 21) a man convicted of an arson attack on a pachinko parlour in 2009 that killed five people, authorities said.It was Japan's first hanging since Takahiro Shiraishi, the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people, was put to death in June 2025.Sunao T

TOKYO: Japan executed on Friday (Aug 21) a man convicted of an arson attack on a pachinko parlour in 2009 that killed five people, authorities said.It was Japan's first hanging since Takahiro Shiraishi, the "Twitter killer" who murdered and dismembered nine people, was put to death in June 2025.Sunao T