VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-21
“We ordered the execution after careful and thorough consideration,”
Hiroshi Hiraguchi · said 2026-08-21 · reported 2026-08-21
The Justice Minister commented on the decision to execute Sunao Takami, who killed five people in a 2009 pachinko parlour fire.
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