Lee Ok-sun was 15 years old in 1942, when two Japanese men in civilian clothes abducted her while she was out running errands in the port city of Busan, in what is now South Korea. She was eventually ... ( read original story ...)
Cult leader in Tokyo sarin attack executed along with 6 followers
Japan executed on Friday the former leader of a doomsday cult and six other members of the group that carried out a sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway in 1995 ... read out the names of the seven at ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Journalist, Missing in Syria Since 2015, Appears in New Video
“I want to see you.” A few seconds later, a network voice-over in Japanese began summarizing the video’s contents, while continuing to show Mr. Yasuda speak. The segment that ANN News broadcast showed ... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes leader, six followers, of sarin attack doomesday cult
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa read out the names of the seven at a news conference and said what they had done was “extremely atrocious”. “These crimes ... plunged people not only in Japan but in oth... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | Japan cult leader’s hanging closes chapter on shocking crime
TOKYO — The executions Friday of a doomsday cult leader ... and that is beyond my imagination,” Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa told a news conference. She said the crime affected not only Japan but al... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japanese minister calls cult’s crimes heinous
She signed the execution order on Tuesday. The cult’s most notorious crime was the release of sarin gas on Tokyo subways in 1995. The attack killed 13 people and sickened more than 6,000 others. 11:50 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan hangs seven members of doomsday cult that attacked subway with sarin
Justice Minister Yoko Kamikawa read out the names of the seven at a news conference and said what they had done was “extremely atrocious”. “These crimes ... plunged people not only in Japan but in oth... ( read original story ...)
Japan cult leader behind gas attack, followers are executed
and I wanted the authorities and experts to learn more from them," she told a televised news conference. "I regret that is no longer possible." The cult claimed 10,000 members in Japan and 30,000 in R... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: ‘Peace of mind’ after Japan executes cult leader
Shoko Asahara was hanged Friday morning for masterminding a series of deadly crimes including a 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Kiyoe Iwata told Japanese broadcaster NHK by phone Fri... ( read original story ...)
TOKYO | The Latest: Japan confirms execution of doomsday cult leader
Asahara had been on death row for masterminding a 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes. The subway attack killed 13 people and sickened more than 6,000. 9:55 a.m. Major Japanese ... ( read original story ...)
Doomsday cult leader, followers executed for 1995 sarin attack in Tokyo subway
On March 20, 1995, members of the cult left punctured bags filled with liquid nerve agent on train lines going through Tokyo's political district. The toxin struck victims down in a matter of seconds, ... ( read original story ...)
Doomsday cult leader behind deadly Tokyo subway gas attack is executed, government says
The leader of a doomsday cult in Japan and several of his followers were executed Friday for their roles in a 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system ... Nicole Darrah covers breaking and tre... ( read original story ...)
Several ex-members of Japan doomsday cult including leader executed: media
Japanese media broke into regular programming to report the news. The Aum Shinri Kyo, or Aum Supreme Truth cult, which mixed Buddhist and Hindu meditation with apocalyptic teachings, staged a series o... ( read original story ...)
Hundreds of thousands evacuated in Japan as ‘historic’ rain falls; two dead
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people across a wide swathe of western and central Japan were evacuated from their homes on Friday as torrential rains pounded the nation, flooding rivers, s... ( read original story ...)
Japan executes Shoko Asahara, cult leader behind 1995 gas attack
TOKYO -- Doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara and several followers were executed Friday for their roles in a deadly 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subways and other crimes, Japanese media reported. The t... ( read original story ...)
Japan Executes Cult Leader Behind Deadly 1995 Subway Attack
Japanese media reported. The cult leader, Shoko Asahara, was one of 13 people sentenced to death in connection with the attack. He was hanged Friday morning along with six followers who had been convi... ( read original story ...)