Japan carries out execution
Japan carried out its first execution in nearly a year today – hanging a murderer .
Shinji Mukai, 42, had been on death row in Osaka for for killing two women and a child.
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Shinji Mukai, 42, had been on death row in Osaka for for killing two women and a child.
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