Aum Shinrikyo

Makoto Hirata, a former senior member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult whose face appeared on wanted posters for 16 years, was initially turned away when he surrendered to a skeptical ...

After authorities thought they had wrapped up all Aum Shinrikyo criminal cases, a former cultist turned himself in, raising questions about his motive and whether his action...

Makoto Hirata, a former bodyguard of Aum Shinrikyo founder and convicted mass murderer Chizuo Matsumoto, turned himself in to a Tokyo police station after 16 years on the run,...

Editor's note: With the conclusion of the Aum Shinrikyo trials in November, there are concerns that public awareness of the dangers of cult activities may be dwindling. This is ...

Editor’s note: With the conclusion of the Aum Shinrikyo trials in November, there is concern that public awareness of the dangers of cult activities may be dwindling. This is ...

Blind and barely able to move, Sachiko Asakawa listened as her brother informed her on Nov. 21 that the last trial for Aum Shinrikyo's crimes had ended.

All the trials for the series of crimes perpetrated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult are now over.

Even as the last trial for its crimes closed 11 years after the cult officially dropped its name, Aum Shinrikyo's two offshoots remain under daily surveillance by security...

After indictments against 189 people, 13 death sentences and revelations that shocked the nation, the final trial for the series of crimes committed by Aum Shinrikyo concluded...

After arriving early at her station, Misuzu Hirai rode on a different subway car than her usual one on March 20, 1995. The change may have saved her life.

Doubt still haunts the presiding judge who handed down a life sentence, instead of one of death, to one of the five members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult for carrying out...

Behind bars for the rest of his life and with plenty of time to think, Shigeo Sugimoto blames only himself for his role in Aum Shinrikyo's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on ...