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  "id": 2294246,
  "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",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-21T02:49:27.000Z",
  "source": {
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  "summary": "This is the first time since June 2025 that the country has enacted capital punishment.",
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      {
        "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": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Japan executes pachinko parlour arsonist",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/21/japan-executes-pachinko-parlour-arsonist",
        "published": "2026-08-21T02:42:00.000Z"
      }
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}