Japan executes man convicted of killing five in 2009 Osaka pachinko parlor arson
The execution — the first under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration — took place on Friday morning, according to media reports.
A man convicted of killing five people in 2009 was executed in Japan on Friday, marking the first execution under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's administration. Sunao Takami, 58, was convicted of setting a pachinko parlor on fire near his home in Osaka, killing four customers and a worker, and injuring 10 others in July 2009. He turned himself in the following day and was sentenced to death in 2016 after the Supreme Court rejected his appeal for leniency.
The defense team argued that Takami suffered from a mental disorder, limiting his criminal responsibility.
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