The Japan Times<p>Thirty years ago, Aum's sarin attack on Tokyo's subway system killed 14, injured 6,000 and exposed the group's criminal activities and the authorities' failure to act despite prior warnings. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/03/21/aum-thirty-years-later/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/editorials/20</span><span class="invisible">25/03/21/aum-thirty-years-later/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editorials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editorials</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matsumotochizuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matsumotochizuo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/saringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>saringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cults" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cults</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a></p>
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The Japan Times<p>Japan marked the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/20/japan/aum-sarin-gas-attack-30th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">20/japan/aum-sarin-gas-attack-30th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyosaringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyosaringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kasumigaseki" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kasumigaseki</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>A former senior member of Aum Shinrikyo has expressed regret over his involvement in the doomsday cult ahead of the 30th anniversary of its sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/japan/crime-legal/ex-aum-exec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">19/japan/crime-legal/ex-aum-exec/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>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 Tokyo's subway system. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/19/japan/crime-legal/justice-minister-comments-aum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">19/japan/crime-legal/justice-minister-comments-aum/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aleph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aleph</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hikarinowa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hikarinowa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/yamadaranoshudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yamadaranoshudan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyosaringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyosaringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The health ministry will electronically preserve medical records of victims of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system, starting from April at the earliest. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/japan-cult-sarin-gas-attack-medical-records/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/japan-cult-sarin-gas-attack-medical-records/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>health</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mhlw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mhlw</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyosaringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyosaringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Thirty years after a sarin attack on Tokyo's subway system, a former emergency room physician describes the terror of treating large numbers of patients without initially knowing what happened to them. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/japan-cult-sarin-attack-ex-doctor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/japan-cult-sarin-attack-ex-doctor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hospitals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hospitals</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/stluke039sinternationalhospital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>stluke039sinternationalhospital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyosaringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyosaringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The widow of Tomomitsu Niimi, who took part in Aum Shinrikyo's March 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, has opened up about her marriage, saying, "Until the very end, he gave no apology to those who died." <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/crime-legal/japan-cult-sarin-attack-inmate-widow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/</span><span class="invisible">18/japan/crime-legal/japan-cult-sarin-attack-inmate-widow/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tomomitsuniimi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tomomitsuniimi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tokyosaringasattack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tokyosaringasattack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>The Public Security Intelligence Agency launched a special website Friday to preserve public memory of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/21/japan/sarin-attack-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/</span><span class="invisible">21/japan/sarin-attack-website/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>Public security authorities remain on alert over Aleph, a successor organization to the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which carried out a sarin nerve gas attack in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, 30 years ago. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/27/japan/crime-legal/japan-sarin-attack-anniversary/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/</span><span class="invisible">27/japan/crime-legal/japan-sarin-attack-anniversary/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aleph" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aleph</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terrorism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matsumoto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>matsumoto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nagano" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nagano</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/massmurder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massmurder</span></a></p>
The Japan Times<p>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. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/13/japan/crime-legal/aum-asahara-remains/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/03/</span><span class="invisible">13/japan/crime-legal/aum-asahara-remains/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crimelegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimelegal</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aumshinrikyo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aumshinrikyo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shokoasahara" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shokoasahara</span></a></p>
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