Japan hangs Chinese man in 1st execution since August

Japan hanged a Chinese death-row inmate on Thursday convicted of killing four people in 2003, the Justice Ministry said, in the country's first execution since August.The inmate was identified by the ministry as Wei Wei, 40, whose death sentence for the murder in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, was finalized in 2011.It was the first execution ordered by Justice Minister Masako Mori since she assumed the post in October and the third execution this year following the hangings of two men on Aug. 2.According to the final ruling, Wei burgled the home of Shinjiro Matsumoto, 41, a clothing dealer, i…READ FULL ARTICLE