THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
June 27, 2025 at 15:40 JST
Serial killer Takahiro Shiraishi sent this image of himself to a woman online just before his arrest in 2017. (Provided by a related person)
A man who sexually assaulted and murdered eight suicidal females after falsely promising to die with them was executed on June 27, the first death sentence carried out in Japan in three years. [Read More]
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