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30 years since Japan’s worst domestic terrorist attack, the cult group behind it is ‘ongoing problem,’ officials say
The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...
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Thirty years later, Aum Shinrikyo’s horrors are ever-present
During the height of the morning rush hour, members of Aum Shinrikyo opened bags of sarin, a deadly nerve gas, on subway trains as they arrived at stations in the heart of Tokyo where central ...
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Aum's cult tactics echo in scams 30 years after Tokyo sarin attack
TOKYO -- Three decades on from the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo subways perpetrated by Aum Shinrikyo, techniques used by the cult to recruit and manipulate followers remain in use, updated for ...
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1995 Aum Shinrikyo sarin gas attack seen as a turning point for SDF
The 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult was a turning point for the Japanese Self-Defense Forces, according to Katsumi Nakamura, who led ...
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EDITORIAL: 30 years later, we’re still learning lessons from Aum attack
March 20 marks the 30th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. This indiscriminate act of mass murder, in which 14 people were killed and more than 6,000 ...
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Former member of Aum Shinrikyo expresses regret 30 years on
A former senior member of Aum Shinrikyo expressed regret over his involvement in the doomsday cult in an interview ahead of the 30th anniversary of its sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway ...
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Aum Shinrikyo victim's son wants continued remorse
The son of a victim in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult wants perpetrators to continue feeling remorse 30 years on. "There are two kinds of atonement," said Minoru ...
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Aum Shinrikyo successor groups still dangerous, justice minister says
Justice Minister Keisuke Suzuki called for caution over the three successor groups to Aum Shinrikyo, ahead of the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the doomsday cult's sarin nerve gas attack on ...
The Straits Times10d
Japan Aum Shinrikyo cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack
Before that, a glass screen had always separated her from her death-row spouse Tomomitsu Niimi, a notorious member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that 30 years ago orchestrated a nerve agent ...
The Daily Californian9d
‘AUM’ … did we need this doomsday cult documentary?
While there is no denying the horrific crimes that Asahara masterminded, this apathy toward any initial charisma undermines the victims to whom the filmmakers seek to give a voice.
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Aum Shinrikyo Successors Continue to Gain New Young Members
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 ...