The Economist10h
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
The disasters struck a Japan already reeling economically. After decades as a powerhouse, it suffered a terrific crash of ...
Head of Japan's Unification Church vows to fight loss of legal protections
The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a ...
A court orders the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan
A court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, upholding a government request for a revocation spurred ...
Japanese Court Disbands Unification Church in Wake of Abe Killing
The assassination in 2022 of Shinzo Abe, the country’s former prime minister, led to an investigation into the group’s ...
30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims’ families still seeking closure
Survivors and victims' families are seeking justice thirty years after the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway ...
The World from PRX on MSN7d
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 ...
The Japan Times4d
Aum Shinrikyo successors continue to gain new young members
Successor group Aleph's recruitment tactics are characterized by the concealment of its name and the use of conspiracy ...
Sinar Daily on MSN10d
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 ...
The Japan Times4dOpinion
Thirty years later, Aum Shinrikyo’s horrors are ever-present
Subsequent revelations about the cult proved even more alarming than the 1995 assault. It became clear that the authorities ...
30 years on, victims of Aum Shinrikyo’s sarin attack on Tokyo subway still traumatised
The cult behind the attack has yet to compensate its victims, while its offshoots continue to gain followers and amass wealth ...