The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 attack ...

The documentary Aum: The Cult at the End of the World analyzes the birth and death of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo apocalypse cult that conducted the fatal 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. It resulted ...

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.

The shocking story of Aum Shinrikyo, the doomsday cult that unleashed a deadly nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system in 1995. Founded by disillusioned yoga teacher Shoko Asahara, Aum transformed ...

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 ...