The second son of Chizuo Matsumoto, former leader of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, filed a lawsuit against the government to seek damages for an attempted inspection of his home. The 32-year-old son of Matsumoto, who went by the…[Continue Reading...]
Sunday, March 19, 1995, I am inside a Tokyo subway station. No one except the perpetrators themselves knows what horrific event will unfold here around 8 a.m. the next day. The safety and peace of the world are often in…[Continue Reading...]
Sunday, March 19, 1995, I am inside a Tokyo subway station. No one except the perpetrators themselves knows what horrific event will unfold here around 8 a.m. the next day. The safety and peace of the world are often in…[Continue Reading...]
A survey shows that about 26 percent of survivors of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack nearly 31 years ago are still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system…[Continue Reading...]
Aum Shinrikyo is back in focus after an Aleph investigation tied to a March 8 apartment search in Japan. Reports say police found tens of millions of yen in cash at a residence shared by Shoko Asahara’s widow and son,…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- The Japanese government has appealed a high court ruling ordering the remains of former AUM Shinrikyo leader Chizuo Matsumoto be handed over to his second daughter. Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, was executed in 2018. His second…[Continue Reading...]
A DOOMSDAY cult behind a deadly chemical attack is recruiting a new generation of followers – with fears of “indiscriminate mass murder”. Aum Shinrikyo released nerve gas on the Tokyo subway in 1995 – in the country’s most catastrophic attack…[Continue Reading...]
It teaches you how people can buy into a total con hook, line and sinker, not only despite its transparent fraudulence but seemingly because of it. It teaches you how otherwise sensible people can go off the deep end to…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Examination Commission has decided to extend restrictions on the activities of Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, for another six months. The decision, made Wednesday, marks the sixth time the recurrence prevention…[Continue Reading...]
The Public Security Examination Commission on Wednesday handed down a sixth regulatory action against Aleph, the primary successor organization of the Aum Supreme Truth cult, based on the Law on the Control of Organizations Which Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder. The…[Continue Reading...]
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