Top court rejects retrial for AUM founder Asahara

TOKYO, Japan - File photo of AUM founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto. The Supreme Court rejected a plea for a retrial for Asahara who is on death row for masterminding the 1995 lethal sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system among other crimes. (Kyodo)

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