Posted on 27 March 2015. Tags: Cult, daughter, Doomsday, Japan’s, Leader, memoir, speaks
Daughter of Japan’s doomsday cult leader speaks out in memoir On March 20, 1995, cult members punctured plastic bags containing sarin nerve gas on three Tokyo subway lines during morning rush hour, killing 13 people and injuring 6,300. Of the 299 survivors of the attack, more than half said Asahara and 12 others, … Full News […]
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Posted on 23 January 2014. Tags: attack, Begins, Cult, Japan, member, sarin, Tokyo, trial
Japan trial of Tokyo sarin attack cult member begins The trial of a former member of Japan’s Aum Shinrikyo cult has begun, nearly 20 years after the group carried out a deadly sarin gas attack in Tokyo. Makoto Hirata is being tried over the abduction and death of a 68-year-old man, notary Kiyoshi Kariya. Full […]
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Posted on 19 January 2014. Tags: brought, Cult, death, Doomsday, Justice, looms, subway, Tokyo
Justice looms for Doomsday cult that brought death to Tokyo subway The legal hearings Thursday in Tokyo against one of the few remaining members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult could also serve to bring closure to a nation that was traumatised by an attack that was as bizarre as it was terrifying: an apocalyptic religious […]
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Posted on 07 October 2013. Tags: anime, Cult, Director, Garden, Love, Makoto, Shinkai, Tokyo, Video, Words
While Japanese anime has been huge here for ages, only now has one of its biggest stars come to the Russian capital to meet fans. Cult director Makoto Shinka… Video Rating: 5 / 5
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