Aum ShinrikyŌ
AUM SHINRIKYŌ, or "Aum Sect of Truth," is a new religious movement based on Buddhism and other Eastern traditions, including Hinduism and Daoism. The movement...
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Aum Shinrikyo Scandal
In March 1995, a nerve gas attack by devotees of the Japanese religion Aum Shinrikyo killed twelve and injured thousands of commuters on the Tokyo subway. Police investigations s...
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The Supreme Court upheld Friday the death sentence for a former
senior AUM Shinrikyo member who, in conspiracy with other cult
members, staged the 1995 Tokyo s...
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The Tokyo High Court upheld Friday a lower court's death
sentence against former senior AUM Shinrikyo member Tomomasa Nakagawa
who was convicted of his involvement in the killings of 25 peopl...
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Fumihiro Joyu, former spokesman of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, met
for the first time Wednesday a man who was falsely branded as a
suspect in the 1994 sarin gas attack by AUM members in Matsumoto...
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The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Friday by a former senior
AUM Shinrikyo cult member sentenced to death for his involvement in
two separate murder cases and in building a plant to mass-pr...
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The Supreme Court finalized Monday the death sentence it upheld
last month for former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Satoru
Hashimoto in two murder cases, including the 1994 sarin gas attac...
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The Tokyo High Court upheld Friday a lower court's death
sentence against former senior AUM Shinrikyo member Tomomasa Nakagawa
who was convicted of involvement ...
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A project team of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on
Wednesday compiled an outline of a bill to offer consolation money to
victims of sarin gas attacks by AUM Shinrikyo members in Tokyo a...
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Japan, S. Korea hold security talks, N. Korea likely on agenda
TOKYO - Japan and South Korea held senior-level security talks
in Tokyo on Thursday, with the North Korean nuclear ...
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The Tokyo High Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence given to a former cult member for his role in the 1995 nerve gas attack on the city's subway system.Tokyo District Court convicted Seiichi...
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Aum Shinrikyō
Aum Shinrikyo Scandal
LEAD: Top court lets death sentence stand for former AUM Shinrikyo member
