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Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death for murdering and dismembering nine people he met on the social media platform, now called X, in 2017. He was hanged on Friday. Shiraishi is said to have lured his mostly female victims, aged between 15 and 26, to his apartment near Tokyo, where he killed them and cut up their bodies. He admitted murdering... Read More

Tokyo CNN  —  Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly women, in the country’s first use of capital punishment in nearly three years. Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged Friday at the Tokyo Detention House. He was sentenced to death in 2020 after pleading guilty to killing the nine people – eight women and one man. Shiraishi was arrested in October 2017 after police searched his home in the city of Zama in Kanagawa prefecture, on the outskirts of... Read More

TOKYO – Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the nation’s first enactment of the death penalty since 2022. Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was on June 27 hanged for killing his young victims, all but one of whom were women, after contacting them on the social media platform now called X. He had targeted users who posted about taking their own lives, telling them he could help them in their plans, or even die alongside them. Japan’s Justice Minister... Read More

BANGKOK: A new government-backed tourism stimulus package, the “Half-Half Thai Travel” project, has been hit by a wave of confusion and a system crash, prompting swift clarification from the Thai government. Public registration, initially expected on June 24, has now been firmly set for July 1, 2025, after a rush of eager participants overwhelmed the system. The chaos unfolded on the evening of June 24, when a significant number of people attempted to register for the scheme via the https://www.google.com/search?q=TieowThaiKhonLaKhrueng.com website and the “Amazing Thailand” application. This surge caused the... Read More