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1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult.

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult.

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Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible.

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu.

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(5)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, former head of the National Police Agency, leaves his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 7 following reports a former police officer and three former AUM Shinrikyo cult senior members were arrested over the 1995 shooting of Kunimatsu.

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Int'l conference on lakes ends, adopts statement

OTSU, Japan - Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu, governor of Shiga Prefecture, central Japan, shakes hands with participants at the end of an international lake conference in Otsu on Nov. 16, 2001. The five-day meeting adopted a declaration calling for partnerships between people and lake-related organizations to promote conservation of lake environments.

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Int'l conference on lakes ends, adopts statement

OTSU, Japan - Yoshitsugu Kunimatsu, governor of Shiga Prefecture, central Japan, shakes hands with participants at the end of an international lake conference in Otsu on Nov. 16, 2001. The five-day meeting adopted a declaration calling for partnerships between people and lake-related organizations to promote conservation of lake environments.

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(1)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Nagai, head of the security section of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD), announces at a press conference at the MPD headquarters in Tokyo on July 7 the arrest of a former police officer and three former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult members over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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Statute of limitations for 1995 shooting runs out

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard seeking information on the 1995 shooting of National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu is taken away in Tokyo's Arakawa Ward, where the shooting took place, on March 30, 2010. The 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in attempted murder cases ran out at midnight on March 29 with police unable to identify a suspect despite carrying out a major investigation suspecting the involvement of the AUM Shinrikyo cult. (Kyodo)

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Police says AUM carried out unsolved 1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - Goro Aoki, head of the public security department of Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on May 30, 2010, after the 15-year statute of limitations for prosecutions in the 1995 shooting of the then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu ran out at midnight on March 29. Aoki said police were unable to build a criminal case on the shooting as they did not obtain sufficient evidence to identify culprits, but added that only AUM Shinrikyo could be considered responsible. (Kyodo)

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Statute of limitations for police chief shooting case to run out

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, who was shot and severely wounded in March 1995 when serving as National Police Agency commissioner general, speaks during a recent interview with Kyodo News. The 15-year statute of limitations for the attempted murder case runs out at midnight on March 29. (Kyodo)

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1995 police chief shooting

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows police officers investigating at the scene where then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu was shot and seriously injured in front of his home in Tokyo on March 30, 1995. Tokyo police said in a report on Feb. 18, 2011, that they failed to resolve the case due to a shoddy early investigation. The shooting's statute of limitations expired about a year ago and police have blamed the shooting on the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult. (Kyodo)

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(5)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Takaji Kunimatsu, former head of the National Police Agency, leaves his home in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward on July 7 following reports a former police officer and three former AUM Shinrikyo cult senior members were arrested over the 1995 shooting of Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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(4)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tetsuya Uemura (R) enters the Miniami-Senju Police Station in Tokyo on July 7 after being arrested in connection with the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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(3)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Koichi Ishikawa, a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member, leaves his home in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on July 7. Ishikawa, two other former AUM Shinrikyo senior members and a former police officer were arrested over the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)

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(2)4 nabbed in shooting of ex-NPA chief Kunimatsu

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuo Sunaoshi (capped person), a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member, enters the Nimani-Senju Police Station in Tokyo on July 7 after being arrested in connection with the 1995 shooting of then National Police Agency chief Takaji Kunimatsu. (Kyodo)