Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara

 

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gathered about Aum Sect/Shoko Asahara.

 


Shoko Asahara

 


Chizuo Mastsumoto, known as "Shoko Asahara"

 

 

Topics

Historical Background 
Criminal Prosecutions 
Claims against Aum 
Government Action 
Public Reaction to Aum 
Protests Against Aum 
Victims

Historical Background

Why a Notorious Japanese Doomsday Cult Tried to Buy a $400000 Laser From a Silicon Valley Tech FirmIn 1995 the Japanese cult behind the deadly sarin gas subway attack was in touch with a California based laser manufacturer

Japan to keep restricting Aum Shinrikyo successor groups activities

In Japan fears grow of Aum Shinrikyo death cults revival

Son of executed Aum Shinrikyo founder identified as Aleph leader

Crying brought no mercy Rescuing the children of the Aum cult

How close did the Aum cult come to getting a nuclear bomb

Aum Shinrikyo Successors Continue to Gain New Young Members

30 Years After Sarin Attack Former Police Officer Recalls Arrest of Aum Supreme Truth Cult Leader in 1995 Discovery of Asahara in Hidden Room

Aleph Aum Supreme Truth Cults Successor Fails to Report ¥700 Million Group Apparently Sought to Hide Assets

Special Website Created 30 Yrs after Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

Aum successor accused of hiding assets to avoid paying redress

Court orders government to hand cult founder's remains to daughter

Kids raised in Japans AUM cult faced tough recovery from mind control docs

Former Aum Shinrikyo cult member released from jail after serving full term

Aum Shinrikyo successor group snubs reporting obligation

Court rules on Aum cult founder's ashes

High court rejects appeal of Aum cult leader’s 4th oldest daughter to receive his ashes

AUM founder's 2nd daughter to receive his remains, Tokyo court rules

TWISTED CULT: Japanese cult bought 1m acres of land in Australian Outback to test nerve agent on sheep before poisoning commuters

25 years after Tokyo subway attack, Aum is a shadow of its former self

One year on, Aum founder's ashes still in detention house

Tokyo court orders Aum Shinrikyo cult successor Aleph to pay ¥1 billion to victims of sarin attack

Executed former Aum member Yoshihiro Inoue left over 5,000 pages of personal notes

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

Cult leader’s daughters call for him not to be executed

Cult prevention group seeks stay of execution for ‘brainwashed’ former Aum Shinrikyo members

Japan cult spinoffs persist two decades after sarin attack

VX survivor recalls brush with Aum assassin in ’95

Ex-Aum cult member on death row calls founder 'criminal' in memoir

Authorities uncover Aum cult cell in Moscow: Russian media

A Guilty Verdict for the Last Aum Defendant: What We’ve Learned About Mind Control Over the Past 20 Years

Cult attraction: Aum Shinrikyo's power of persuasion

Aum suspect still brainwashed: psychologist
Aum's successors remain 'dangerous,' intel agency says
Aum cult continues growing

Intelligence agency inspects 22 AUM cult-related facilities

Matsumoto: Aum's sarin guinea pig

Japan marks 19th anniversary of subway sarin gas attack
Aum cultists inspire a new generation of admirers
How a yoga school became a doomsday cult

 Renamed Aum Shinrikyo cult awarded damages, apology from Tokyo government
 Members of Aum Shinrikyo religious cult sects reach record high
 Splinter groups of Aum Shinrikyo religious cult get security investigations
 Tokyo police end 17-year investigation into Aum crimes
 Young people easily get sucked into Aum Shinrikyo spinoff Aleph
 Japan cult member nabbed after 17 years on the run
 AUM victim Kono to serve as inspector for splinter group
 Ex-prosecutor: 'Aum made preparations to topple the government'
 What has become of the AUM cult?
 Aum may be gone in name but guru still has following
 Death penalty for AUM's Nakagawa to stand
 Study: Terror cult's persistence key to WMD attack
 Final police tally confirms 6,583 fell victim to 8 Aum-related crimes
 Man accused of killing wife wrote of need to save daughters from Aleph cult in notes
 9 out of 10 Aum crime victims apply for gov't relief
 Tokyo marks 15th anniversary of subway gas attack
 Death penalty for cult member
 Y2.45 mil in cash found in apartment rented by Aum cult member
 Japan cult leader still enthralls followers
 Japanese doomsday cult leader's daughters sue over jail care
 Government says followers of AUM sect drops to 1,500 members
 Ex-leader of Japan doomsday cult says sorry
 Egawa to resign as cult girl's guardian
 Japanese cult guru's daughters lose damage suit
 Japanese agents raid offices of AUM splinter group
 Leader of splinter group vows break with teachings of Japanese doomsday cult
 Aum offshoot reports founding
 Security agency to monitor AUM splinter group
 Ex-cult spokesman to start new group
 Aum splinter group plans to disavow links with cult
 Mar 07. Japanese cult leader Shoko Asahara slated for execution, but world won't know about it until afterwards
 Faith in Aum guru resurges as Joyu moves to form his own group
 AUM Cult Members Visit 1995 Subway Sarin Attack Site
 Sarin aftermath
 Aum Shinrikyo Cult Head Joyu to Dump Materials That Lead to Asahara Worship
 Aum split over 'fees' to guru's wife
 Public security authorities raid AUM Shinrikyo cult facilities
 Joyu admits he knew cult was behind attacks
 Cult divided on where loyalty lies
 Chronology of events related to Asahara's trial
 AUM-related victims, others react to Asahara's death sentence
 Aum leader 'understood ruling'
 Is end near for doomsday cultist?
 Aum's Joyu faction looks ready to form new sect
 Haunted by Tokyo cult
 Aum splinter group likely to depart from cult in July
 Aum cult thought to be heading toward split
 Joyu angling for own cult, cut of half of Aum assets
 Aum told to vacate Chiba condo
 Investigators probe Japanese doomsday cult headquarters on fears of resurgence
 AUM Surveillance to Be Extended for Another 3 Years
 AUM Faction Led By Joyu Earned 10 Mil. Yen From Year-End Seminars
 AUM still keeping founder Asahara's sermons justifying murder
 Psychiatrist Says AUM Founder Asahara Unfit for Trial
 AUM Follower Files Damage Suit to Read Sermon Collection
 Court rejects request for Asahara's transfer despite prison effect
 Aum still poses threat
 Lawyers for AUM cult guru say he's mentally incompetent
 2 Aum camps vying for ascendancy
 Aum earns Y30 mil in seminar fees, donations so far this summer
 Aum founder to get psychiatric exam
 Japanese cult plans social welfare services
 Japan cult leader 'needs care'
 'Aum' doomsday cult wants to double membership
 Village eyes preserving Aum files
 2 ex-senior members of Aum tell all
 Once mesmerising cult leader now like a 'doll'
 Japanese doomsday cult still kicking
 Cult calls off 'hot water training' after death
 Aum follower found dead in bathtub, possibly due to 'training'
 Asahara 'plays baseball' in Tokyo detention house
 Doomsday cult guru in diapers
 Aum said still dangerous, to be kept under tight watch
 Court Rejects AUM Cult's Request to Stop Surveillance
 Dead Asahara disciple's sibling also died mysteriously
 Followers still see Matsumoto as their guru
 B.I. bans two Japanese cult leaders
 Is the doomsday cult poised for revival?
 Aum sets up more than 10 business entities
 Profile of Japanese Cult Leader
 Asahara's victims still suffer despite death ruling
 Aum Shinrikyo cult guru: enigmatic or evil leader?
 Blinded by the brainwasher
 Cult Guru's Sickening Crimes
 Aum Shinri Kyo leader ordered to gallows
 Deadly cult sisters shed elephant ears for crocodile tears
 Ex-Aum members form 5 sects
 Drop in Income, Recruits Bodes Ill for Compensation
 Cult's reign of terror left the victimized with unhealing scars
 Asahara a social fiend or doting guru?
 Follower couldn't shake Aum's allure till its 1999 apology
 Judgment day for Sarin cult guru Asahara after eight-year trial
 Saving best for last, guru verdict done deal?
 Tokyo Doomsday Cult Leader to Face Trial
 Police raid Japanese cult
 Day of Judgment: Teachings of guru still drive Aum
 Day of Judgment: Ex-Aum members' reflections provide insight into guru's mind
 Day of Judgment: Aum's tricky guruegotistical and persuasive
 Day of Judgment: Aum's sarin attack fouled raid plan
 Day of Judgment: Aum's actions showed self-righteousness
 Day of Judgement: Matsumoto's Aum cult grew rapidly in late '80s
 Day of Judgement: Matsumoto's decision to be 'big' followed by fraud, arrest
 Day of Judgement: Humble beginnings shed light on Aum cult leader
 Day of Judgement: Aum leader still haunts jailed followers
 Day of Judgement: Origin of Aum's appeal unknown
 One-fourth of doomsday cult followers returned to group
 Woman who fled to North Korea was government mole in Aum
 Inside Matsumoto's Head
 Last plea for doomsday cult guru
 Matsumoto's defense team makes final argument
 AUM founder Asahara's defense puts blame on followers
 Aum Shinrikyo Has More Members In Russia Than In Japan
 Takayama city ordered to compensate Aum members
 AUM senior member apologizes at conclusion of trial
 Aum's Asahara still wields influence 8 years after arrest
 Cult leader faces his own moment of truth
 Aum facilities rocking social boat
 Aum Shinrikyo plagued by guru's whims, journalist says
 List of indictments against AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara
 Chronology of AUM Shinrikyo developments
 Members Confused By Leadership Paradox
 Aum cult man flies to Moscow
 Cult still a danger in Japan
 Asahara maintains his silence
 Asahara trial's closing arguments may come in April
 Kiyotaka Iwata: Aum kept under watch-and at arm's length
 AUM uses sultry Net sirens to lure male members
 Aum surveillance extended for 3 years
 Surveillance of Aum to continue on grounds it still poses threat to public
 Joyu slams planned extension of AUM watch
 Japan Security Agency Wants No Let-Up on Aum Cult
 Surveillance extension sought
 Aum founder's wife to leave prison on Oct 15
 Death cult makes millions patting people's heads
 Aum grows again, guru still revered
 Cult Grip: Niimi remains loyal to the Aum founder
 Japan says Aum doomsday cult still dangerous
 Doomsday cult elects new leader
 Russia refuses entry of 16 Aum members
 Aum trying to increase its appeal
 Joyu says he will become Aum leader
 AUM group starts software firm, resumes ties with Russian followers
 Japan Reflects on 1995 Sarin Gas Terror Attack
 U.S. freezes assets of AUM Shinrikyo cult, 21 other groups
 Aum bio-attacks opened Pandora's box
 A Japanese Writer Analyzes Terrorists and Their Victims
 Japan Aum cult's anthrax attempt was wake-up call
 Years before trade centre, Tokyo nerve gas attack showed urban vulnerability
 Ex-AUM member Endo apologizes to sarin attack victims
 Japanese sect was close to bioterrorism, journal says
 Key Events in Japanese Cult History
 Joyu may regain 2nd-highest Aum rank
 AUM Nagoya branch to move to inner city
 Joyu's room
 Aum Shinrikyo loses court bid to prevent surveillance of cult
 Japan warns of cult Internet boom
 Japan Says Doomsday Cult Growing
 Don't forget Tokyo subway gas attack: survivors and bereaved families
 AUM guru may undergo mental tests
 Children of Asahara forced to pay for guru's alleged crimes
 AUM still dangerous
 AUM followers number 1,151, up 11 from August
 Scholar studies why we hate
 Hard legacy for family of japanese sect's leader
 Aum followers down by 10%
 Aum rulings set line between life and death
 Key Events For Japan's Aum Supreme Truth Doomsday Cult
 Cultist hints Asahara ordered attack
 Cultist 'glad' to help Asahara by releasing sarin
 AUM still pursuing sarin studies
 AUM trapped in power struggle
 AUM changed name on Asahara's orders
 AUM developed MSDF software
 Aum defectors face long road back from mind control
 Japan Cult Used Software to Tap Police--Media
 From Sarin to Software
 Aum announces 1997-99 sales revenue of 2.6 billion yen
 Most Japanese worry about doomsday cult - paper
 Under Fire, Japan Sect Starts Over
 Core of Aum Shinrikyo Sect Includes Former Guards
 Inoue says Joyu knew about sarin gas production
 AUM blames Asahara
 Japan Sect's Name Change Brings Confusion and Fear
 Japanese cult rising again
 Freed cult leader expresses remorse for his crimes
 Doomsday sect No 2 to return after jail term
 Japan fears cults thriving despite crackdowns
 Japan braces for release of senior doomsday cult leader
 Japanese Cult Admits Culpability
 Mother, ex-colleagues visit grave of lawyer's family
 Police seize statements of isolated Aum members
 Doomsday cult: is it fading away?
 Online afterlife for doom sect
 Aum begins vacating Adachi-ku headquarters
 Cultists live in fear of isolation cells
 Aum to end external activities, suspend use of name
 Does Aum still pose a threat?
 Japan Subway Cult Will Freeze Activities
 Aum to release statement on sarin gas attacks
 Japanese buy up land to keep feared sect out
 Aum faces ban on using name
 ASDF sergeants dumped over AUM ties
 A cult's revival has Japanese worried
 Ishihara to ban Aum members from facilities
 Adachi Ward joins Aum ban
 Bankruptcy paves way for cultists' eviction
 AUM dishing out awards to top cult recruiters
 Diet group tries to crack down on AUM activities
 Tokyo ward task force agrees to ban AUM
 LDP, LP agree to create headquarters to deal with AUM
 2 of AUM leader Asahara's children denied residency
 Japan Cult Cites Persecution
 Asahara's children refused residency registration
 The Asahara Trial: Aum doc puts blame on guru
 Majority wants tighter grip on Aum
 AUM's computer firms bankrolling cult
 Government to consider legislation controlling Aum
 State may draft Aum-specific law
 Anti-Aum group to hold rally in Tokyo
 AUM members move under local pressure
 A doomsday cult lives
 Revision of antisubversion law eyed to regulate Aum
 Amrageddon coming in September?
 Aum-linked firm kicked out after anticult campaign
 29 Matsumoto sarin gas attack victims still suffering
 Government must take steps to control Aum
 Japan Says It May Try To Outlaw Doomsday Cult
 Aum's prefabs raided, cult claims "suppression"
 Sarin gas sect fears silence candidates in local election
 Villagers watching Aum, not election
 Cult firm in same building as gas-attack widow
 Anniversary of Tokyo subway gassing brings prayers for victims
 Victims say 2,500 still suffer from sarin aftereffects
 On anniversary of Japanese subway attack, many fear cult resurgence
 Keeping the cult out
 Doomsday cult resurfaces
 Journalist warns of Aum's appeal to youths
 Key members of the Aum Shinri Kyo cult
 Aum cult's quiet comeback causing new concerns in Japan
 Rocking towards Armageddon
 Cult making comeback as leader's terrorism trial goes on
 Agency: Aum regards guru's jail as "sacred ground"
 Japanese villagers hold a cult-owned house under siege
 Tokyo Subway Victims Still Suffering
 In Japan, Village Vs. Cult
 Police raid Japan cult in embezzlement probe
 What in God's name is going on?
 Japan sarin gas cult appears on rise again
 Japan: Cult Re-Emerges with Recruits Thirsting for Spirituality
 Aum sarin chemicals unearthed from mountain in Nikko
 Ex-cultists singing new tune
 Aum Three Years Later: Cult seen on steady path to rebirth
 Aum Three Years Later: Sarin plant haunts Kamikuishiki
 Anniversary of subway nerve gas attack observed
 Why We Love Gurus
 Japanese cult blamed in deadly gas attacks rebuilds
 Mahikari and Aum: In the Grip of the Black Hand
 Millennium cults pose bigger threat than terrorists
 Nerve Gas and the Four Noble Truths
 Aum Shinrikyo--Little Cropdusters
 Letter bomb renews fears in Japan

Criminal Prosecutions

DEADLY PLOT Doomsday cult behind gas attack that left 6,000 injured is using sick tactics to lure recruits amid mass murder fears

Japan cult widow speaks 30 years after subway attack

Head of Russian division of Aum Shinrikyo terror group sentenced to 15 years in prison

Court records of Aum Shinrikyo members will be stored forever

AUM Shinrikyo cases still not closed: Author Haruki Murakami

Tokyo Sarin attack: Aum Shinrikyo cult leaders executed

With Aum trials over, Asahara and his accomplices can finally be hanged

Japan’s Supreme Court upholds acquittal of ex-Aum Shinrikyo cult member in Tokyo bombing case

Aum Shinrikyo: Final appeal relating to Tokyo subway sarin attack dismissed by Japan's High Court

High Court rejects appeal by Aum Shinrikyo member

Top court rejects appeal by former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive

Ex-Aum Shinrikyo member Katsuya Takahashi gets life in prison over 1995 sarin attack

Supreme Court rejects plea for retrial of Aum founder Asahara

Relatives, victims of Aum attacks to join trial of cult's former member

Former Aum fugitive gets 5-year sentence for role in bomb attack

Japan jails Aum Shinrikyo cult member Makoto Hirata
Hirata and Saito: love on the run
Cultist testifies Hirata knew of kidnap plan
Kariya's family reconciles with former Aum member Hirata
Niimi's wife held in bid to pressure man to join Aleph
Shoko Asahara and Aum

 Man receives suspended prison term for harboring ex-AUM member
 Tokyo police end 17-year investigation into Aum crimes
 Ex-cultist Takahashi served warrant over Aum notary slaying Kyodo
 Aum Shinrikyo's Naoko Kikuchi re-indicted over 1995 bombing attempt
 Aum's Kikuchi to be indicted over '95 parcel bomb
 Aum ex-fugitive served fresh warrant for metro government parcel bomb blast
 Final cult fugitive from 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway caught at comic-book cafe
 Japanese on run for 17 years relieved at arrest
 Tokyo High Court rejects another plea for Asahara retrial
 Cultist who hid Aum fugitive gets 14 months
 Woman accused of sheltering former-AUM Shinrikyo cult member says he is like family
 Ex-AUM member Hirata indicted on fresh charges
 Ex-AUM member Saito expresses regret over joining cult
 Hirata avoids notary-killing charges
 Former AUM nurse used pseudonym combining names of celebrities while helping Hirata
 Woman who harbored AUM's Hirata had 8 mil. yen in cash
 Japan arrests woman who lived with cult fugitive
 Police to question Aum founder / Former cultists: Hirata present at meetings about notary's abduction
 Police believe AUM nurse helped Hirata while he was on the run
 16-year Aum fugitive mum on life on run
 Japan cult member nabbed after 17 years on the run
 Top court rejects Aum objection
 Japan rejects clemency appeal of last Aum Shinrikyo cult member
 Ex-AUM cult member releases poems before top court's death sentence ruling
 Asahara second retrial plea fails
 Death Penalty Confirmed for Sarin Gas Attack Chemist
 Man arrested over killing of ex-wife says he wanted daughter back from cult group
 Court shoots down Asahara retrial
 Police chief shooting case tied to Japan subway gassing dropped
 MPD concludes shooting of police chief in '95 was terrorist attack by AUM
 Doomsday cult member faces execution
 Supreme Court upholds cult AUM Shinrikyo members' death sentences
 DNA on coin links Aum to shooting
 Tokyo Court Rejects Aum Cult Leader's Retrial Plea, Kyodo Says
 Japan cult guru seeks retrial in subway gas attack case
 Ex-Aum member Hayashi loses appeal against death sentence
 Cult member gets death penalty
 Sarin attacker's death sentence final
 Japan's top court upholds death sentence for Tokyo gas attacker
 Death sentence upheld for Tokyo attack
 Death sentence for AUM sarin maker Seiichi Endo upheld at high court
 Supreme Court throws out appeal by former Aum doomsday cult member
 Japan: Cult chemist appeals death sentence
 LEAD: High court upholds death sentence for AUM member Tsuchiya
 Top Court Rejects Key AUM Member's Appeal Against Prison Term
 Fraud allegations spur police raids of Aum locations
 Ex-Aum members speak out / Former devotees unhappy with lack of Matsumoto testimony
 Japan Cult Boss Petition Rejected
 Cult Leader Should Not Be Executed, Daughters Say
 What next in Asahara trial saga?
 Asahara's right-hand man Niimi loses death penalty appeal
 Asahara attempts to pull the nasty over shrinks
 Psychiatrist reports Aum founder Asahara unfit for trial
 Japan doomsday cult member walks free but convicted over fundraising
 AUM Cultist Tsuchiya Pleads Not Guilty Again at High Court
 Yahoo Japan to Post Info on 5 Suspects on Wanted List
 Aum member should be indicted over 1995 blast: Prosecution inquest
 Japanese alleged cult members arrested under work laws
 Japan's top court gives go-ahead to execute first doomsday cult member
 High court pushes back deadline for documents in Asahara appeal
 Tokyo court rules doomsday cult guru mentally fit to stand trial
 Ex-AUM followers indicted over fatal religious training of woman
 Court rules gov't right to place killer cult under probation
 Prosecutors Drop Police Shooting Case Against 4 Linked to AUM
 DNA test on coin links ex-Aum member to shooting of NPA chief
 Aum member, man arrested on suspicion of drug fraud
 Police back to square one in Kunimatsu shooting
 High court upholds death, life sentences for 3 ex-AUM members
 Ex-policeman says Aum exploited him over shooting of NPA chief
 X-ray evidence points to Japanese cult
 Ex-Aum member to be questioned in shooting of NPA chief
 Police raid 8 Aum facilities over 1995 NPA chief's shooting
 Cult leader held powwow just before police assassination
 Japan arrests cult members
 7 AUM cultists busted for illegally selling skin cream
 Death penalty for Tokyo attack
 Japanese court upholds death sentence for Aum doomsday cult member
 Trial facts, figures make it one of biggest
 Cult leader to appeal conviction
 Mind control may have been a factor but not a mitigating one
 Top court upholds life term for ex-AUM member, gas attack driver
 Cultist the 11th facing gallows
 Death for chemist behind Japan cult's sarin attack
 2003 saw 30 sentenced to hang, 56 lose appeals
 Attorney for Aum founder acquitted
 Japanese court upholds death sentence for sect "killing machine"
 Aum 'doctor' gets death penalty
 Death for Japan cult member
 Japan cult guru trial nears end
 Japanese court upholds death sentence for Aum cult 'combatant'
 AUM member arrested for allegedly obstructing inspection
 3 Aum members in alleged scam released for lack of proof
 Japan Court to Rule on Doomsday Cult Guru in Feb
 Court to rule on killer cult guru next year
 Aum members held over swindle
 High court upholds death for ex-Aum member
 Japan Doomsday Guru May Get Death Penalty
 Cult leader faces death penalty call over sarin attack
 A Strategy?: Ex-Aum leader silent to the end
 Asahara again refuses to respond to questions by his own attorneys
 March 13 in trial
 Trial of Aum founder Asahara heading for end
 Aum figure pleads not guilty after long silence
 MPD extends rewards for info on Aum fugitives
 AUM's 'health minister' to hang for making sarin
 Senior Aum member gets 15 years
 Doomsday Cult Member Gets Death
 Cult leader trial resumes in Japan
 Aum cultist arrested on tax evasion charge
 Aum leader given 10-yr term for murder
 Appeal period ends on Aum ruling
 Cultist's term upheld for 1994 murder attempt
 Life term upheld in '95 sarin attack
 Japan cult plotters sentenced in Russia
 Russian members of Japan sect jailed in bomb plot
 Japan Cult Leader Trial Hits Halfway After Six Years
 Death sentence on Aum leader upheld
 Aum Russians planned to spring Asahara
 Russian Aum cult members go on trial
 Trial of religious sect members under way in Russian Far East
 AUM cultist working for NTT in bank scam
 Japan cultist nabbed for stealing bank information
 Ex-cultist pleads mind control in appeal
 High court gives ex-AUM member 17 years for '94 sarin attack
 Cult members to stand trial in Russia
 AUM stockpiles 100s of guru's killer videos
 Japan Doomsday Cult Leader's Wife Loses Appeal
 Asahara trial reaches 200th hearing, but verdict not in sight
 Former Aum cult member gets life sentence for nerve-gas attack
 Asahara trial
 Senior AUM member freed, denounces cult
 Japan cult member jailed 8 yrs for part in murder
 Lawyers defend axing charges against Asahara
 Death Sentence in Japan Cult Case
 Latest Aum death sentence marks milestone
 Regrets of an Aum 'fanatic'
 Death for cult member who murdered family
 Seventh Japan Cult Member Gets Death Penalty
 Cultist who made nerve gas is sentenced to death
 Judge sentences third Aum cultist to death for role in Sakamoto killings
 Cult Duo In Tokyo Gas Attack To Hang
 Japan Cultists Sentenced To Death
 Cultist Says Asahara Ordered 1,000 Machineguns Be Made
 Key cult figure gets life term for role in subway gas attack
 Japanese Cult Leader Kin Arrested
 Lawyer lost way being with Aum
 Aum Implicated in Nuclear Information Stealing
 Japanese Cult Lawyer Sentenced
 Aum head's trial enters 150th hearing
 Asahara told him to kill, cultist says
 Japan doomsday cult guru's daughters arrested
 Former cultist sentenced to life over Tokyo subway gassing
 Tomita murder case opened at Shoko Asahara's trial
 The Asahara Trial: Inoue details VX gas attack
 Missing cult boy rescued at inn after tip-off
 Police arrest cultist who loses temper at bank
 Japan Cops Raid Cult Facilities
 Chronology of cultists' legal battles
 Aum trials tail off as Asahara's day nears
 Japan hangs two convicts as Amnesty protests
 Prosecutors seek death sentence for Hayashi
 Prosecutors seek death sentences in Aum trial
 Japan Seeks Death for Cult Members
 Aum follower gets life for role in sarin attack
 Asahara OK'd cremation of cultist
 15 years sought for Aum lawyer in sarin gassing
 The Asahara Trial: Guru ordered cult to make guns
 Asahara's wife says AUM must reflect on crimes
The Asahara Trial: Aum member explains VX attack
Aum victims want Asahara to hang
Aum facility raided over Nagano confinement
Senior Aum member admits crimes in letter
Police confiscate AUM toxic treasure trove
Ex-cops put bounty on AUM fugitives
Aum members linked to confinement freed from detention
Cops find woman in Gumma AUM cell
Ex-doomsday cult leader will hang
Aum senior member gets death penalty for subway attack
Japan cult members arrested for imprisoning woman
The Asahara Trial: Guru speaks, blames cultists for attack
Alleged Aum driver faces life for role in subway gassing
Cult Members Arrested in Japan
Cultist says he could not defy 'poa' order
Courts resume Asahara trials
Asahara's wife gets 6-year prison term at high court
Murder sentence of Japan cult leader's wife cut on appeal
Sentence Reduced for Japan Cultist
Police increase team in abduction probe
Asahara unintelligible in court testimony
Ex-AUM member gets 18 years for terrorism
Cultist claims he overheard Asahara pitch attack
Japanese Cops Storm PC Maker
Manager arrested as cops raid AUM facilities
Expert testifies on Aum head-twisting
Police probe source of Aum funds
The Asahara Trial: Aum doc puts blame on guru
Sarin victim's kin wait for Asahara's conviction
Cultist says Inoue lied about guru
Aum bases raided, cultists nabbed for leaflets
Police confiscate AUM fliers in 3 Kanto raids
Asahara said unaware of Kariya scheme
Cultists protest police crackdown
Prosecutors seek death sentence for AUM gasser
Death penalty sought for Aum man over subway attack
Death sentence sought for cultist
Dead notary's sister takes stand against Aum
Japan Cops Probe Doomsday Cult
Life term sought for Asahara's driver
Police swoop on Japanese cult
Japanese cult buildings raided
The Asahara Trial: Endo "shocked" that sarin killed people
The Asahara Trial: Hearings enter fourth year
High court upholds acquittal of gangster in 1995 murder
Kyodo news summary
Japanese Sarin gas cult's "empress" gets 44 months in jail
Japan Cult Leader Jailed for Attack
Famed doctor was blinded by loyalty to Asahara
Hayashi sentence sets precedent for cult trials
Aum doctor gets life sentence for subway sarin attack
Aum founder's wife gets 7-year term
Reporter dogs cultists' trials
The Asahara Trial: Niimi said Aum crimes were just
The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he hoped for post-attack probe
The Asahara Trial: Cultist says he buried VX to stop attacks

Claims against Aum

Tokyo court orders Aum Shinrikyo cult successor Aleph to pay ¥1 billion to victims of sarin attack
Final police tally confirms 6,583 fell victim to 8 Aum-related crimes
9 out of 10 Aum crime victims apply for gov't relief
Retrial request for AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Asahara dismissed by high court
Bankruptcy process at Aum ends; taxpayers to foot rest of redress
Matsumoto sarin victim dies 14 years after attack
Aum compensation unresolved / Govt, parties must address state's responsibility for terrorism victims
Victims of AUM crimes to get compensation from government
Bankruptcy for AUM cult complete, victims to share 1.5 billion yen
Aum's bankruptcy proceedings to end 13 years on
LDP eyes compensation for Aum victims with bill
Victims still seeking compensation
AUM members ordered to compensate family of murdered man
Japan Cult Guru Told to Pay $3.7M
AUM guru ordered to pay damages for lethal gassing
Asahara ordered to pay 460 mil. yen over sarin attack
AUM Left 2 Gold Ingots Behind
30% of subway gas attack survivors still suffer from stress
Aum leaders told to pay redress
Japan Cult Offers Compensation to Gas Victims
Subway Gassing Victims Still Plagued by Health Problems
Sarin victims say more must be done
Death cult they can't kill haunts a nation
$49m bill for doom cultists
Aum must pay 668 million yen in sarin redress
Moscow Court Rules Damages to Aum Shinri Kyo Victims
Aum pays redress to its victims
Cult Accused in Attack Offers Money
AUM tries worming out of compensation
Aum agrees to hand over 5 cult facilities
Victims of Japan Cult Gassing Not Claiming Compensation
Court orders Aum assets seized for compensation
Measures sought to seize more Aum assets
Aum property moved to Gunma Pref.
Receiver seeks new law to liquidate Aum assets
Kin of Man in Cult Suit Abducted
Aum to pay 10 million for illegal squatting
Government to consider new legislation to relieve suffering of victims committed by members of Aum
Aum attack survivors to get compensation
Sarin attack victims seek healthcare costs
Matsumoto families settle for 510 million yen
State to withdraw 400 million yen claim against Aum
Aum Three Years Later: Victims struggle for redress

Government Action

Police seize tens of millions of yen in raid on home of Aum guru Asaharas family

Japan Aleph Probe March

Tens of millions of yen found at home of Aum Shinrikyo founders wife

Aum Successor Groups Still Dangerous Justice Minister

Ex NPA official regrets allowing Aum cult to go on the offensive

Japan Eyes Actions Against Cult Linked Aleph Over Insufficient Report Groups Membership Declined for 1st Time in Over 11 Years

Government to extend controls on former Aum cult

Tokyo court disposed of records linked to AUM cult dissolution order

Disciplinary request retracted against Aum cult successor group

Agency inspects Aum-related groups

Aleph raided over alleged lease fraud

AUM cult successor group raided over illegal recruiting practices

Russia police raids target Japan Aum Shinrikyo cult

Police Raid Apartments of Japanese Cult in Moscow and St. Petersburg

Surveillance of Aum successor cults extended three more years

Security agency inspects AUM splinter group's facilities
AUM victim Kono to serve as inspector for splinter group
Agency seeks to keep up Aum surveillance
Cult Shadow Still Looms Over Japan
Security agency inspects 32 AUM Shinrikyo cult facilities in 2010
9 out of 10 Aum crime victims apply for gov't relief
Security Agency to Request 3-Year Extension of AUM Surveillance
Aum remains dangerous: Justice Ministry agency
Law puts brakes on Aum activities
Tax bureau rejects complaint from Aum
Anti-Aum law searches begin
Agency gets OK to monitor Aum
Aum's survival in doubt as watch begins
Cult feeling the heat as crackdown laws debut
2 bills enacted to tighten grip on AUM
Lower House panel approves bills to crack down on Aum
Highlights of the legislation
Apology not enough as PM moves on sect
Japan OKs Laws To Restrain Cult
Gov't will help cultists quit AUM
Japan Drafts Bill to Control Some Cults by Year's End
Japanese government approves law to keep eye on cult
Japan govt approves bill aimed at doomsday cult
Drafts for Aum control bills unveiled
Anticult bill to restrict activities of ex-convicts
Tough anti-subversion bill targets AUM
Papers call for tight grip on Japan's Aum Supreme Truth cult
Japan Cult To Freeze Activities, No Apology
Campaign for Anti-Aum law to continue
State writing law to better handle Aum
Gov't favors new legislation for controlling AUM
AUM places raided over illegal land purchase
Government to tighten control on Aum activities

Victims

Survey: 26% of Tokyo sarin attack survivors still show PTSD symptoms

The children of the Aum doomsday cult

Aum Victims Seek Govt Help as Aleph Compensation Stalls Cults Successor Group Said to Have Hidden Assets

Aum Shinrikyo victims son wants continued remorse

Japan victims voice fears 30 years after sarin subway attack

30 Years After Sarin Attack Colleague of Lawyer Killed by Aum Supreme Truth Cult Worked Hard to Find Him Says Lessons to Be Learned From Cults Illegal Acts

Victims of 1995 Tokyo subway nerve gas attack still suffering aftereffects survey

Nonprofit supporting victims of 1995 Tokyo sarin attack to disband

1995 sarin victim makes film to confront member of Aum Shinrikyo

Third of Tokyo subway sarin attack victims likely suffered PTSD

1995 Sarin Attack Survivor Asakawa Dies

Relatives, victims of Aum attacks to join trial of cult's former member

Tokyo sarin attack widow says she wants cult members executed
Executions loom for doomsday cult that brought death to the Tokyo subway

No closure with end of Aum trials

Public Reaction to Aum

Widow makes film to pass down memories of 1995 sarin attack
Sarin victim shares her pain

Protests Against Aum

3,200 seek expulsion of AUM members from Gunma
Japan's Aum Supreme Truth sect finally on the run: analysts
500 people hold anti-Aum rally in Gunma Pref.
3,500 people attend anti-AUM rally in Tochigi Pref.
Over 1,000 people attend anti-AUM rally in Tochigi Pref.

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