Tokyo, March 21 (Jiji Press)--Three successor groups of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult continue to attract new young members 30 years after the cult carried out a deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Of them, mainstream…[Continue Reading...]
Thirty years after the Aum Supreme Truth cult’s deadly attacks, victims’ families are calling for urgent government intervention as compensation payments from its successor group remain stalled. Marking the 30th anniversary of Aum’s 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, March 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki on Tuesday called for caution over the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system by…[Continue Reading...]
Aum Supreme Truth’s main successor transferred financial assets in an apparent attempt to conceal them, according to a Public Security Intelligence Agency investigation report seen by The Yomiuri Shimbun. The cult’s successor, which is called Aleph, used such means as…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Intelligence Agency made a request Monday that regulatory action be extended against Aleph, a group linked to the Aum Supreme Truth cult, over it failing to report some of its activities. The agency made the request to…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has extended activity restrictions against Aleph, the successor group of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, over suspicions it is concealing assets to avoid paying compensation to crime victims. The agency believes Aleph started hiding hundreds of…[Continue Reading...]
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