Japan executes pachinko parlour arsonist
- TOKYO: Japan on Friday (Aug 21) executed 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 customers and one employee.
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- TOKYO: Japan on Friday (Aug 21) executed 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 customers and one employee.
Sources: CNA