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Japan executes prisoner who killed 7 in Tokyo street rampage

Japan's Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa speaks about an execution at a press conference in Tokyo Tuesday, July 26, 2022. Japan on Tuesday executed a man convicted of killing seven in a 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, the justice minister announced. (Kyodo News via AP)

FILE - Shoes of victims are left on a street as rescuers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department work in Tokyo's Akihabara district after a man rammed a truck into a crowd of shoppers, jumped out and went on a stabbing spree in Tokyo's top electronics district on June 8, 2008. Japan on Tuesday, July 26, 2022 executed a man convicted of killing seven in the 2008 rampage in Tokyo's Akihabara electronics district, the justice minister announced. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

Japan executes prisoner who killed 7 in Tokyo street rampage