Japan Executes Man for 2009 Osaka Pachinko Parlor Arson
Japan has executed a man convicted of setting fire to a pachinko parlor in Osaka in 2009, an act that resulted in the deaths of five people. The execution marks the state's final punishment for the arsonist.
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Japan executes man behind pachinko parlour arson that killed 5
Japan executed on Friday a man convicted of an arson attack on a pachinko parlour in 2009 that killed five people, authorities said. It was Japan’s first hanging since Takahiro Shiraishi, the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people, was put to death in June 2025. Sunao Takami, the man executed on Friday, doused a pachinko parlour – a popular game mixing pinball and a slot machine using small steel balls – near his home in Osaka with petrol and set it on fire, killing four...
By Agence France-Presse
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The execution — the first under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration — took place on Friday morning, according to media reports.
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