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Aum Shinrikyo (オウム真理教, Oumu Shinrikyō) (1984–2007) Aleph ( Japanese : アレフ , Hepburn : Arefu ) , better known by their former name Aum Shinrikyo ( オウム真理教 , Oumu Shinrikyō , literally 'religion of Aum Supreme Truth') , is a Japanese new religious movement and doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1987.
Seiichi Endo (遠藤誠一, Endō Seiichi, 5 June 1960 – 6 July 2018) was an Aum Shinrikyo member who was executed for his participation in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack and a number of other crimes. [1] He produced the Sarin gas for the attack after leader Shoko Asahara told him to do so. [2]
Yoshihiro Inoue (井上嘉浩, Inoue Yoshihiro, December 28, 1969 – July 6, 2018) was a former Aum Shinrikyo leader and terrorist who was executed in Japan in 2018. [1] [2] He was responsible for coordinating the Tokyo subway sarin attack in 1995. [3] His holy name was Aananda and his stage in the cult was Master Shogo. [4] [5]
The 2019 Tokyo car attack was a vehicle-ramming attack that occurred on January 1, 2019, in Tokyo, Japan. 21-year-old Kazuhiro Kusakabe told authorities he intentionally rammed into pedestrians crowded into narrow Takeshita Street in Harajuku district as a terrorist attack in retaliation for the execution of Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult members.
By Thomas Wilson TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan was on alert on Saturday amid fears that the executions of the former leader and members of a doomsday cult behind the deadly Tokyo subway sarin gas attack ...
Me and the Cult Leader (Aganai) is a 2020 Japanese documentary film.The film follows the director, Atsushi Sakahara, a victim of the 1995 Tokyo Subway Sarin Gas Attack, and Araki Hiroshi, a current executive member of the doomsday cult Aleph (previously Aum Shinrikyo) behind the attack, as they travel to their hometowns in the Kyoto prefecture.
The execution of Japanese doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara leaves unanswered questions about Aum Shinrikyo, the group behind the 1995 sarin-gas attack on the Tokyo subway that killed 13 people ...
After Aum Shinrikyo adopted a "ministry system", he was the Minister of Construction. Hayakawa was the person behind the organization's uranium mining at Banjawarn in Australia. Convicted for his participation in the Sakamoto family murder and several other crimes, Hayakawa was executed on July 6, 2018, at Fukuoka Detention House .