RMCA4GT9–The wanted poster of a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member displayed in Tokyo, Japan. One of the fugitive, Naoko Kikuchi (right) was arrested for Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, after 17 years on the run on Sunday June 3, 2012. The note was attached saying, 'Arrested. Thank you for your cooperation.'
RMBH4BYX–MITSURU KONO, victim of the 1995 Tokyo underground sarin gas attack by Aum Shinrikyo Supreme Truth Cult, in Tokyo, Japan.
RMEHYJ94–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RM2F3BWWM–Tokyo, Japan. 16th Mar, 2021. Atsushi Sakahara, film director and victim of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, held a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo. He unveiled the key visual of 'AGANAI: The Sarin Incident and Me', on March 16, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Kazuki Oishi/Sipa USA **Japan Out** Credit: Sipa USA/Alamy Live News
RMEHWK5P–Tokyo, Japan. 2nd Mar, 2015. Japanese film director Atsushi Sakahara, stands in front of a poster which shows Sakahara (R) with a leading member of Aum's successor sect Aleph, Hiroshi Araki, in Tokyo, Japan, 2 March 2015. Sakahara intends to make a film about the sect Aum Shinrikyo which was responsible for the sarin gas attack in 1995. Photo: Lars Nicolaysen/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMCR9K7H–Aum Shinrikyo founder Shoko Asahara. Aum carried out the 1995 gas attack on the Tokyo subway killing 13 & injuring thousands
RMCA4GT5–The wanted poster of a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member displayed in Tokyo, Japan. One of the fugitive, Naoko Kikuchi (right) was arrested for Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, after 17 years on the run on Sunday June 3, 2012. The note was attached saying, 'Arrested. Thank you for your cooperation.'
RMBH4BXT–MITSURU KONO, victim of the 1995 Tokyo underground sarin gas attack by Aum Shinrikyo Supreme Truth Cult, in Tokyo, Japan.
RMEHYJ93–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMCRA27J–Russian disciples of the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo meditate in the Moscow office of the cult on March 24 1995
RMCA4GTC–The wanted poster of Naoko Kikuchi, a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member displayed in Tokyo, Japan. She was arrested for Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, after 17 years on the run on Sunday June 3, 2012. The note was attached on her wanted poster saying, 'Arrested. Thank you for your cooperation.'
RMEHYJ92–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMCA4GT2–The wanted poster of a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member displayed in Tokyo, Japan. Naoko Kikuchi was arrested for Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, after 17 years on the run on Sunday June 3, 2012. Katsuya Takahashi is the only remaining fugitive having 10 million yen bounty on his head.
RMEHYJ96–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMCA4GT0–The wanted poster of a former Aum Shinrikyo cult member displayed in Tokyo, Japan. Naoko Kikuchi was arrested for Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, after 17 years on the run on Sunday June 3, 2012. Katsuya Takahashi is the only remaining fugitive having 10 million yen bounty on his head.
RMEHYJ91–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMEHYJ90–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara attends a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMEHYJ97–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMEHYJ95–Tokyo, Japan. 19th March, 2015. Film director Atsushi Sakahara speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan on March 19, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. Sakahara is a survivor of the 1995 Tokyo Subway sarin gas attack. After surviving the attack he left Japan and went to the US to became a filmmaker. March 20th will be the 20th anniversary of the attack and Sakahara met the media to discuss his documentary 'A picture' whose subject matter is 'Aleph'. Credit: Aflo Co. Ltd./Alamy Live News
RMP7FXWX–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXX0–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXWY–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXX4–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXWJ–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXWK–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMP7FXWH–Tokyo, Japan. 6th July, 2018. Police officers stand at the entrance of a facility of a cult group Aleph in Tokyo on Friday, July 6, 2018. Aleph is a succession group of the doomsday cult AUM Shinrikyowhich which killed 29 people by Sarin gas attack at Tokyo subway in 1994. AUM guru Shoko Asahara was excuted at the Tokyo detention center for numerious crimes on July 6. Credit: Yoshio Tsunoda/AFLO/Alamy Live News
RMCA41TK–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TX–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TW–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TT–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TM–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TR–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TN–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41W0–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TP–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMCA41TY–June 4, 2012, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan - Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi was detained at a house where she hid out in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, June 3, 2012. She transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo, where she was arrested for murder and attempt
RMEGK0MA–April, 1995, Kamikuisshiki Mura, Japan - A member Aum wearing a headgear walks behind a riot police trooper during a raid on the cult's facility - No. 2 Satyam - on the foot of Mt. Fuji in April 1995. Police found explosives, chemical weapons and biological warfare agents and a Russian Mil Mi-17 military helicopter. On the morning of 20 March 1995, Aum members released sarin in a coordinated attack on five trains in the Tokyo subway system, killing 13 commuters, seriously injuring 54 and affecting 980 more. Some estimates claim as many as 6,000 people were injured by the sarin. (Photo by Haruy