The death sentence for former Chinese student Wei Wei was finalised in 2011, the NHK broadcaster reported.
According to Japanese Justice Minister Masako Mori, Wei, along with two other Chinese citizens, killed four family members – including two children aged eight and 11 years – for selfish reasons.
Wei Wei, 40, a former student at a Japanese-language school in Japan who had been given the death sentence in relation to the murder of a family of four in Fukuoka Prefecture in June 2003 earned the Mori's first execution order since she assumed the post in October.
The Chinese student became the 39th prisoner executed in Japan since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe assumed office in 2012.
The latest execution follows those in August of two death row inmates, who were sentenced to death for separate rape and murder charges of several women. Last year 15 inmates were executed, including the executions of 13 former Aum Shinrikyo cult members over the span of three weeks in July which rekindled public debate on capital punishment.
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations is calling for the abolishment of the death penalty by 2020, pointing to cases in which people on death row were later found innocent after retrial. It also questions the validity of hanging those who are petitioning for retrials.
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