AUM cult-related facilities inspected

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Justice Ministry's Public Security Intelligence Agency are pictured ahead of entering a facility, related to the AUM Shinrikyo cult, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Aug. 1, 2014. The officials inspected 22 such facilities across Japan the same day.

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