Japan's worst criminals face their death inside a highly secretive execution room located inside a nondescript office block.

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan’s ...

Takahiro Shiraishi admitted killing and butchering his young victims, all but one of whom were women between 15 and 26. None ...

Takahiro Shiraishi had been convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people after luring them through social media.

Takahiro Shiraishi, a death-row inmate convicted of killing nine people he met on social media, was executed Friday — the ...

Japanese authorities on Friday carried out the execution of Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as Japan's Twitter killer, who had been convicted ...

Japan yesterday executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the ...

The successive murders of nine people who had become acquainted through such means as social media highlighted the dangers lurking behind the convenience of the internet. The latest development should ...

In one of the most disturbing and widely discussed criminal cases in Japan’s history, Takahiro Shiraishi — known as the ...