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, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they expressed suicidal thoughts on Twitter.

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