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TOKYO (AP) \u2014 Japan on Friday announced the execution of a man convicted of killing five people after setting fire to an Osaka pachinko parlor in 2009, a first execution by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi<\/a> ‘s government as the country faces growing calls for more transparency and the abolition of capital punishment.<\/p>\n

The Justice Ministry said Sunao Takami, 58, was hanged to death earlier Friday.<\/p>\n

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