{
  "id": 2273227,
  "title": "Japan Executes Man for 2009 Arson That Killed 5",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-executes-man-for-2009-arson-that-killed-5",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T01:49:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082100314/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Tokyo, Aug. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Justice Ministry on Friday executed a 58-year-old man convicted of murdering five people by setting fire to a \"pachinko\" pinball parlor in the western Japan city of Osaka in 2009, informed sources said. The executed death-row inmate was Sunao Takami. The execution was the first in about 14 months in the country and the first under the administration of P...",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}