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Norio Nagayama was a Japanese spree killer and novelist who was executed in 1997. He killed four people with a handgun in 1968 and wrote several books in prison, some of which were awarded prizes.
Norio Nagayama (永山 則夫, Nagayama Norio, June 27, 1949 - August 1, 1997) was a Japanese serial killer and novelist. Biography. Nagayama was born in Abashiri, Hokkaidō. He came to Tokyo in 1965, and saw the shooting rampage by a Japanese youth while working in Shibuya.
Half a century since his arrest in 1969, and 22 years since his execution, Norio Nagayama, a repentant juvenile spree killer who became a prolific writer behind bars, is still provoking debate on issues surrounding capital punishment, poverty and the rights of children.
The death-row killer who inspires the children of Peru. Norio Nagayama spent years in isolation, never knowing what day would be his last. That day came in August 1997 when he was finally...
Norio Nagayama's ('Noh-REE-oh Nah-GAH-yah-mah's') lawyer said Tuesday the murderer made his request just before he was executed on Friday.
Hundreds of people commemorated the life of late death row inmate Norio Nagayama, who was hanged for killing four people when he was a teenager, on Saturday, the 12th anniversary of his execution.
Mr. Nagayama, who became a best-selling author while in prison, was hanged on Friday, the same day as three other death-row inmates -- one in Tokyo and two in Sapporo. They were the...
Half a century since his arrest in 1969, and 22 years since his execution, Norio Nagayama, a repentant juvenile spree killer who became a prolific writer behind bars, is still provoking debate on issues surrounding capital punishment, poverty and the rights of children.
But in the last decade, the man, Norio Nagayama, has sought to turn his death sentence into an appeal to the conscience of Japan. From prison, he has pleaded for tolerance and published poetry,...
Norio Nagayama was a Japanese spree killer and novelist.