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Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃, Asahara Shōkō, March 2, 1955 – July 6, 2018), born Chizuo Matsumoto (松本 智津夫, Matsumoto Chizuo), was the founder and leader of the Japanese doomsday cult known as Aum Shinrikyo. He was convicted of masterminding the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, and was also involved in several other crimes.
Asahara predicted the gathering at Armageddon would happen in 1997. [20] Kaplan notes that in his lectures, Shoko Asahara referred to the United States as "The Beast" from the Book of Revelation, predicting it would eventually attack Japan. [20] Asahara outlined a doomsday prophecy, which included a Third World War instigated by the U.S. [71]
The Story of Kamikuishiki Village (上九一色村物語, Kamikuishiki-mura Monogatari) is a satirical Japanese doujin resource management strategy game developed by HappySoft and published by Aum Soft [2] that was released for PC-98 on June 29, 1995. [1]
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Shoko Asahara's death warrant. The sarin attack was the most serious attack upon Japan since World War II. Shortly after the attack, Aum lost its status as a religious organization, and many of its assets were seized. [74] The Diet (Japanese parliament) rejected a request from government officials to outlaw the group.
David Icke (b. 1952), English former footballer and conspiracy theorist, who said in a 1991 television interview with Terry Wogan that he was "the son of God". [ 58 ] Hasan Mezarcı (b. 1954) is a former politician and member of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (1991–1995) who was expelled from the Welfare Party and imprisoned for his ...
Tsutsumi Sakamoto (right), wife Satoko (left) and son Tatsuhiko (center) On November 5, 1989, Tsutsumi Sakamoto (坂本 堤 Sakamoto Tsutsumi April 6, 1956 – November 5, 1989), a lawyer working on a class action lawsuit against Aum Shinrikyo, a doomsday cult in Japan, was murdered, along with his wife Satoko and his child Tatsuhiko, by perpetrators who broke into his apartment.
Concerning the former members who now testify against their guru [Asahara] who did them so much good, I believe their suffering is based on the perceptions that this world is real". [citation needed] Niimi was among the first seven of the Aum Shinrikyo members on death row to be executed on 6 July 2018, including leader Shoko Asahara. [5]