Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire

Japan has executed a man who killed five people in a gaming parlour fire in 2009, making this the first time in more than a year that the country has enacted the death sentence. Sunao Takami, 58, had doused the pachinko gaming parlour near his home in Osaka with gasoline and set it alight, killing four customers and one employee.

This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.

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