The Economist6d
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
Two disasters in 1995 captured the spirit of the country’s lost decades ...
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 ...
The Associated Press on MSN13d
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 MSN13d
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 Times10d
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 ...
The Japan Times10dOpinion
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 ...
Sinar Daily on MSN16d
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 ...
Nippon12d
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 ...
EDITORIAL: 30 years later, we’re still learning lessons from Aum attack
We cannot forget the day in 1995 when a terrorist attack in the nation’s capital abruptly and tragically shattered so many ...
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.
‘Aum: The Cult at the End of the World’ Review: A Broad If Chilling Look Inside Japan’s Infamous Doomsday Cult
This well-sourced look at the group behind the Tokyo subway attack shines more light on cult tropes than it does on Aum ...