Naoko Kikuchi

Money troubles arose after Aum fugitives split up
Katsuya Takahashi, left, and Naoko Kikuchi
Two Aum Shinrikyo fugitives were settling comfortably into relatively normal lives, but things began to unravel after one of them decided to hook up with a new boyfriend,...
VOX POPULI: Life on the run clearly came at...
Mimicry is one of the wonders of the natural world. For example, some creatures camouflage their appearance to blend into the surrounding environment to protect themselves from ...
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive led sociable life on the run
Naoko Kikuchi after her arrest on June 3 (Provided by the Metropolitan Police Department)
A man in Tokyo’s Machida city often wondered what happened to the woman who lived next door. She appeared happily engaged, was amiable and polite--and then abruptly...
Arrest gives police leads on location of last Aum...
Naoko Kikuchi, left, and Katsuya Takahashi (Photos provided by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department and National Police Agency)
Armed with tantalizing new information and an apparent recent sighting, police are hot on the trail of the last fugitive of the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo.
UPDATE/ Japan arrests sarin attack cult member
Naoko Kikuchi (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
One of the two remaining fugitive members of the doomsday cult behind the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways was arrested on June 3, Japanese media reports said.
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