Japan’s Ministry of Justice executed the death penalty on August 21 for a man convicted of arson and murder at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. This marked the first execution in Japan in 1 year and 2 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This photo shows a deadly fire at a pachinko parlor in Osaka, western Japan, July 5, 2009. (Kyodo News via AP) (undefined/Kyodo ...

A man who killed five people by setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009 was hanged Friday in Japan's first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's government, as the country faces growing calls ...

Takami Sunao was executed on August 21, 2026, for a 2009 arson attack at an Osaka pachinko parlor that killed five people. In July 2009, Takami poured gasoline on the floor of a pachinko parlor in ...

The Delegation of the European Union issues the following statement, together with the diplomatic missions of the EU Member States and the diplomatic missions of Norway and Switzerland in Japan: 'The ...

TOKYO — Japan on Friday announced the execution of a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to an Osaka pachinko parlor in 2009, a first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi 's ...