The nation hanged a man convicted of a 2009 arson attack on an Osaka pachinko parlour that killed five people, with the ...

Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the ...

Sunao Takami set fire to the crowded pachinko parlor in Osaka by spreading gasoline and throwing a lit match, engulfing the building, killing five and injuring 10 others.

Japan has announced the execution of a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to an Osaka pachinko parlour ...

Japan executed Sunao Takami for the 2009 Osaka pachinko parlour arson that killed five people. The hanging has renewed scrutiny of the country's secretive death penalty system and abolition debate.

Japan says it has executed a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to a pachinko parlor in 2009. Friday's ...

Japan has executed a man in secret over a fatal fire at an Osaka gaming venue. The Justice Ministry has announced that Sunao ...

Japan hanged Sunao Takami on Friday for a 2009 arson attack at an Osaka pachinko parlor that left five people dead and ten injured. Justice Minister Hiroshi Hiraguchi announced the execution during a ...

Hideko Hakamada spent nearly 60 years campaigning to get her brother, former death row inmate Iwao Hakamada, cleared and now campaigns against capital punishment ...