A former senior member of Aum Shinrikyo expressed regret over his involvement in the doomsday cult in an interview ahead of the 30th anniversary of its sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway ...

The son of a victim in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult wants perpetrators to continue feeling remorse 30 years on. "There are two kinds of atonement," said Minoru ...

Before that, a glass screen had always separated her from her death-row spouse Tomomitsu Niimi, a notorious member of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult that 30 years ago orchestrated a nerve agent ...

The attack was perpetrated by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, killing 14 people and injuring over 6,000. How did the group carry out such an indiscriminate act of terrorism using chemical weapons?

It took place during the weekday morning commute, when members of a doomsday cult called Aum Shinrikyo released five packages ...

TOKYO -- Three decades since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, Japan is contending with starkly different threats from lone-wolf attackers who turn to ...

The cult, Aum Shinrikyo or Supreme Truth, has since disbanded. Its founder, Shoko Asahara, and 12 of his disciples were executed in 2018. But 1,600 former members still operate under renamed ...

The cult, Aum Shinrikyo or Supreme Truth, has since disbanded. Its founder, Shoko Asahara, and 12 of his disciples were executed in 2018. But 1,600 former members still operate under renamed ...

Relatives of the victims of the crimes committed by the Aum Shinrikyo cult three decades ago in Japan are demanding that one of its successor groups pay compensation and dissolve itself. On March ...

On March 20, 1995, five members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult dropped bags of Nazi-developed sarin nerve agent inside morning commuter trains, piercing the pouches with sharpened umbrella tips before ...

Documentarians Ben Braun and Chiaki Yanagimoto follow religious cult Aum Shinrikyo’s descent into media chaos, missing person cases and murder. After premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in Jan.