Japan Carries Out First Execution Under Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae

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Japan has executed a man convicted of killing five people in a 2009 arson attack at a pachinko parlor in Osaka. The justice ministry said Takami Sunao was hanged Friday, marking the first execution since Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae took office.

Japan Executes Convicted Arsonist

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Japan has executed a man convicted of killing five people in a 2009 arson attack in Osaka.

Japan's Justice Ministry says Takami Sunao has been hanged. Takami set fire to a pachinko parlor, killing five people and injuring 10. The execution is the first since Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae came to power. It comes amid renewed domestic and international criticism of Japan's secretive capital punishment system. There are currently 100 people on death row in the country.

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