Japan has executed Sunao Takami, convicted of killing five people in a 2009 arson attack on an Osaka pachinko parlour. It was Japan’s first execution since June 2025.

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…

Sunao Takami doused the Osaka venue with petrol and set it on fire in 2009, killing four customers and one employee.

The man doused a pachinko parlour near his home in Osaka with petrol and set it on fire, killing four customers and one employee.