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Japan has executed Sunao Takami, 58, who killed five people in a 2009 arson attack on an Osaka pachinko parlour. The hanging marks the first capital punishment under newly appointed Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
A resurfaced 2002 debate clip shows Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi characterizing Japan's war against China as self-defence, prompting fierce domestic criticism and calls for her resignation from prominent figures.