Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and murdered. It was Japan’s first execution since 2022.

Takahiro Shiraishi was executed for the killings in 2017 of nine victims, most of whom had posted suicidal thoughts on social media.

Japan's Justice Ministry says a man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday.