{
  "id": 2285972,
  "title": "Japan executes pachinko parlour arsonist",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-executes-pachinko-parlour-arsonist",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:42:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/japan-execute-pachinko-parlour-arsonist-6332531"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The man doused a pachinko parlour near his home in Osaka with petrol and set it on fire, killing four customers and one employee.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Japan executes man convicted of killing five in 2009 Osaka pachinko parlor arson",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-executes-man-convicted-of-killing-five-in-2009-osaka-pachinko",
        "published": "2026-08-21T01:28:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC World",
        "title": "Japan executes man who killed five in Pachinko parlour fire",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-executes-man-who-killed-five-in-pachinko-parlour-fire",
        "published": "2026-08-21T02:49:27.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}