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On anniversary, Tokyo recalls 1995 subway gas attack
Shizue Takahashi, whose husband died in the 1995 sarin gas attack, offers prayers March 20 at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo. (Pool)
March 21, 2013
Eighteen years after the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult released deadly sarin nerve gas in the Tokyo subway, relatives and metro employees gathered in mourning at one of the...
Takahashi kept cult leader's teachings in his bag
Police officers empty a locker at JR Tsurumi Station in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 15. (Nobuhiro Shirai)
June 16, 2012
Katsuya Takahashi, arrested June 15 for his part in Aum Shinrikyo's deadly sarin gas attack in Tokyo in 1995, had more than 10 books published by the doomsday cult in his...
Police hunt final fugitive in Tokyo gas attack
Some 5,000 officers fanned out across the Tokyo area to hand out fresh photos of the fugitive, Katsuya Takahashi (The Asahi Shimbun)
June 08, 2012
Thousands of police were mobilized Friday to hunt for the last fugitive suspected in a doomsday cult's deadly nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway 17 years ago.
AFTER AUM 3: Volunteers at your side
The Asahi Shimbun
December 09, 2011
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 ...
AFTER AUM 2: Online proselytizing fills a spiritual ...
The Asahi Shimbun
December 08, 2011
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 ...
AFTER AUM 1: Occult subculture makes a comeback
The Asahi Shimbun
December 07, 2011
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 ...
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