The chilling legacy of doomsday cult-turned-domestic terrorists Aum Shinrikyo is now being captured on the 30th anniversary of their Tokyo attack. Documentary “AUM: The Cult at the End of the World,” co-directed by Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto, tells the…[Continue Reading...]
The Japanese government has opened a new website on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult responsible for the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack nearly 30 years ago, featuring testimonies from victims' families and photos of the group's guru as part of…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Feb. 21 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday to prevent public memory of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult from fading. The agency…[Continue Reading...]
A bureau chief who oversaw police investigations into Aum Shinrikyo said he feels responsible for the “indecision” on a crackdown that allowed the cult to commit its deadly gas attack in Tokyo in 1995. According to Takashi Kakimi, who was…[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...]
TAIPEI (Kyodo) -- Anthony Tu, a Taiwan-born toxicologist known for aiding investigations into sarin attacks involving the AUM Shinrikyo cult in Japan, has died in Hawaii, his family said Wednesday. He was 94. The professor emeritus at Colorado State University…[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...]
Wednesday marked the 29th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured more than 6,000. At Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station, 16 station staff members offered a…[Continue Reading...]
A court ordered the government on Wednesday to hand over the hair and cremated remains of the executed Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara to his second daughter after a top court ruled in 2021 that she can take them…[Continue Reading...]
A commission for Japan's Justice Ministry has decided to maintain strict controls over a group called Aleph, formerly known as the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, saying the group has failed to submit required reports on its activities. Aum members carried…[Continue Reading...]
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