of japanese 'cannibal killer' executed in tokyo

Japanese 'cannibal killer' executed in Tokyo: Tsutomu Miyazaki, a “cannibal nerd” who preyed on primary-school girls and drank their blood, is executed.

Japan’s most reviled serial killer – a “cannibal nerd” who preyed on primary-school girls and drank their blood – has been executed in Tokyo.

The hanging of 45-year old Tsutomu Miyazaki brings to 13 the number of death-row inmates who have faced the gallows since last August: a pace that has provoked rising criticism of Japan’s new justice minister, Kunio Hatoyama.