Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nine: TV networks

Takahiro Shiraishi (C) covers his face with his hands as he is transported to the prosecutor's office from a police station in Tokyo on November 1, 2017. The 27-year-old Japanese man, who was arrested after police found nine dismembered corpses rotting in his house, confessed to killing all his victims over a two-month spree after contacting them via Twitter. - AFP

TOKYO: Japan has executed a death row prisoner, public broadcaster NHK and other media outlets said Friday (June 27), the first time since 2022 that the country has enacted capital punishment.

The justice ministry declined to confirm the hanging but NHK, citing government sources, said the prisoner was 34-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who murdered nine people in 2017.