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AUM doomsday cult

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1995 shows the Satyan 7 facility (foreground) of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's complex near Mt. Fuji in the village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. AUM was secretly producing sarin nerve gas at the Satyan 7 facility. Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM member wanted over the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, on June 15, 2012, after he had been on the run for 17 years.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's first snow

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - Mt. Fuji seen from the village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 21 is capped with the season's first snowfall, 20 days later than normal years.

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AUM Facilites

The aerial view of facilities in Kamikuishiki village, Yamanashi Prefecture, of Aum Shinrikyo, at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The photo was taken in February, 1995 from a Kyodo News Service helicopter. A white building in the center is the chapel.

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Police raids

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - Riot police, wearing gas masks and protective suits, sor out chemical containing bags from one of the communes in Kamikuishiki village, Yamanashi Prefecture, of Aum Shinrikyo, as they resume raids on the secretive religious cult March 23.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's first snow

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - Mt. Fuji seen from the village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on Oct. 21 is capped with the season's first snowfall, 20 days later than normal years. (Kyodo)

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Police raid Aum cult complex in Yamanashi

Photo taken May 16, 1995, shows police officers entering the No. 6 Satian complex in the village of Kamikuishiki in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, for a criminal investigation. The leader of the AUM Shinrikyo religious cult Shoko Asahara was found there that day and arrested on suspicion of murder in masterminding the sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in March 1995. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM Shinrikyo cult

File photo taken in March 1995 shows the AUM Shinrikyo cult's complex, with Mt. Fuji in the background, in Kamikuishiki, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM Shinrikyo cult

File photo taken in September 1998 shows the Satyam 7 facility at the AUM Shinrikyo cult's complex in Kamikuishiki, west of Tokyo. The cult mass produced sarin nerve gas at the facility. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM Shinrikyo cult

File photo taken in May 1995 shows riot police breaking open a door at the Satyam 6 facility at the AUM Shinrikyo cult group's complex near Mt. Fuji in Kamikuishiki, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM Shinrikyo cult

File photo taken in March 1995 shows riot police gathering at the AUM Shinrikyo cult group's complex near Mt. Fuji in Kamikuishiki, west of Tokyo. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM Facilites

KAMIKUISHIKI, Japan - The aerial view of facilities in Kamikuishiki village, Yamanashi Prefecture, of Aum Shinrikyo, at the foot of Mt. Fuji. The photo was taken in February, 1995 from a Kyodo News Service helicopter. A white building in the center is the chapel.