A son of the former leader of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult has filed a lawsuit against the government, seeking damages for an attempted inspection of his home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/05/japan/crime-legal/ex-aum-leader-son-damages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aleph #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara

Victims of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's sarin nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subway system were remembered 31 years after the incident that left 14 people dead and more than 6,000 injured. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/20/japan/sarin-attack-31-years/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyosaringasattack #aumshinrikyo #massmurder #rail #tokyometro

Tokyo High Court upheld a ruling ordering the government to hand over the remains of Chizuo Matsumoto, former leader of now-defunct religious cult Aum Shinrikyo, to his second daughter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/02/05/japan/ex-aum-leader-remains-daughter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #chizuomatsumoto #aumshinrikyo

Hayao Miyazaki, Donald Trump, Muhammad Ali — the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan has played host to an impressive range of political and cultural figures over the decades. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/11/17/issues/fccj-80th-anniversary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #issues #fccj #journalism #pressfreedom #imperialpalace #expats #hayaomiyazaki #donaldtrump #aumshinrikyo #311

Japan's Public Security Examination Commission has extended restrictions on the activities of Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, until March 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/aleph-restriction-activities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aleph #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #massmurder #terrorism

The Public Security Intelligence Agency has officially recognized the second son of Chizuo Matsumoto, former leader of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as leader of the group's successor organization Aleph. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/04/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-son-aleph-leader/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #aleph #massmurder

The Public Security Intelligence Agency has identified the second son of Shoko Asahara — the founder of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo cult — as the de facto head of Aleph, the group regarded as Aum’s successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/aum-shinrikyo-son/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack

Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack

Cut loose, footloose no longer: In June 1925, Tokyo dance halls were ordered to close by 10 p.m. over concerns that “the moral integrity of (young people) has not been helped by Western dancing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/04/japan/history/dance-curfew-communist-purge-sato-funeral-aum-shinrikyo/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #dancing #douglasmacarthur #coldwar #japanesecommunistparty #jcp #eisakusato #statefuneral #nipponbudokan #aumshinrikyo #terrorism #tokyosaringasattack