The Seisuke Knife Festival takes place June 29 at DECK at the Queen Kapiolani Hotel from 4-8 p.m. This is its first time in Hawaii, with festivals in Ishikawa, Japan, and Portland, Oregon, since 2014.

Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in ...

Japan yesterday executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer” who murdered and dismembered nine people he met online, in the ...

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed on Friday, ...

In one of the most disturbing and widely discussed criminal cases in Japan’s history, Takahiro Shiraishi — known as the ...

Japan executed “Twitter Killer” Takahiro Shiraishi in its first use of the death penalty since 2022. Shiraishi murdered and ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, 34, was hanged after murdering nine people — eight of whom were young women he targeted after they ...

Honduras is preparing for general elections on Nov. 30, 2025, amid a fragile democracy and ongoing internal conflict.

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was was executed on Friday, at the Tokyo Detention House in secrecy with ...

The chilling mass murder case had gripped the nation for years and raised concerns over the use of social media.