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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi prays at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi (C) meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi (C) meets the press after laying flowers at Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, the 30th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi holds a press conference in Tokyo on March 12, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 of a sarin nerve gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000. Her husband, who was the deputy stationmaster at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 1995, was killed in the attack.

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Nerve gas attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Employees offer a moment of silence at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2012, during an event to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. In the attack, 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were sickened.

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Kobe students help clear rubble at tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Student volunteers from Maiko High School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, clear away rubble and mud at an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Some 20 students and staff at the high school from the city, which suffered in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, visited the area, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, to help reopen the elementary school.

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Tokyo marks 16th anniv. of sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees observe a moment of silence for the victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks, at Tokyo Metro subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo, on the morning of March 20, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the event.

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Sarin attack anniversary observed at Tokyo subway station

TOKYO, Japan - Noboru Ueno, a senior official at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki Station, lays flowers at an altar set up in the station on March 20 during a ceremony to mark the 14th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks. (Pool photo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda autographs a notebook at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system.

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, the widow of one of the two subway station workers who died in the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, prays for the victims in front of a flower tribute stand at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the attacks the same day. (Pool photo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, the widow of one of the two subway station workers who died in the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, speaks to reporters after offering flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the attacks the same day.

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo subway workers offer silent prayers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. Top members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, released sarin at five stations on three central Tokyo subway lines. The attack took the lives of 12 people, including two subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station, and left over 5,500 sickened.

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12th anniversary of sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station employees of Tokyo Metro Co. offer prayers for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, the 12th anniversary of the attack.

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Japan marks 11th anniversary of sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers observed 30 seconds of silence at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system.

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(2)Japan marks 10th anniversay of Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prays for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20. (Pool photo)

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Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station workers at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line of Teito Rapid Transit Authority offer a silent prayer at the station in central Tokyo on March 20 for the 12 victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the subway.

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Pop group SPEED reunited for charity concert

AWAJI, Japan - The teenage Okinawan pop group SPEED, which had dissolved last March, was reunited for a day on Awaji Island on Oct. 6 to stage a charity concert for victims of the Sept. 11 terror attacks in the United States and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated the western Japan city of Kobe and its vicinities. The members are Eriko Imai, 18, Takako Uehara, 18, Hitoe Arakaki, 20, and Hiroko Shimabukuro, 17.

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Subway staff remember victims of 1995 AUM gassing

TOKYO, Japan - Subway staff in Tokyo on March 20 mark the sixth anniversary of the 1995 gas attack on the capital's subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult, which killed 12 people in one of Japan's worst incidents of terrorism. About 30 employees observed 30 seconds of silence in front of a flower-covered plate set up in memory of the dead at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line at 8 a.m., the time of the attack.

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Tokyo subway workers mark 7th anniversary of AUM gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station workers at Kasumigaseki Station on the Hibiya Line of Teito Rapid Transit Authority offer a silent prayer at the station in central Tokyo on March 20 for the 12 victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the subway.

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(1)Japan marks 10th anniversay of Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Station employees of Tokyo Metro Co. offer prayers for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, the 10th anniversary of the incident. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda autographs a notebook at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo)

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(2)Japan marks 10th anniversay of Tokyo subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi prays for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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AUM follower pays respects to victims of subway gassing

TOKYO, Japan - A follower (L) of the AUM Shinrikyo cult pays respects to victims of the cult's 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system at a memorial at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20. He visited the subway station to mark the fifth anniversary of the sarin gas attack.

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi, who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, offers flowers at an altar at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others.

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi, who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, offers flowers at an altar at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. (Pool photo)

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26th anniversary of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Shizue Takahashi (C), who lost her husband Kazumasa in the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack, prepares to offer flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2021, the 26th anniversary of the terror attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 14 people and injured over 6,000 others. (Pool photo)

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Sarin attack anniversary observed at Tokyo subway station

TOKYO, Japan - Noboru Ueno, a senior official at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki Station, lays flowers at an altar set up in the station on March 20 during a ceremony to mark the 14th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, the widow of one of the two subway station workers who died in the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, prays for the victims in front of a flower tribute stand at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the attacks the same day. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo subway workers offer silent prayers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary the same day of the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system. Top members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, now known as Aleph, released sarin at five stations on three central Tokyo subway lines. The attack took the lives of 12 people, including two subway workers at Kasumigaseki Station, and left over 5,500 sickened. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 13th anniversary of subway sarin gas attacks

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, the widow of one of the two subway station workers who died in the deadly 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks on the Tokyo subway system, speaks to reporters after offering flowers at Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 as Japan marked the 13th anniversary of the attacks the same day. (Kyodo)

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Japan marks 11th anniversary of sarin attack

TOKYO, Japan - Subway workers observed 30 seconds of silence at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20 for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo)

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12th anniversary of sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Station employees of Tokyo Metro Co. offer prayers for victims of the 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system at Kasumigaseki Station in central Tokyo on March 20, the 12th anniversary of the attack. (Kyodo)

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Kobe students help clear rubble at tsunami-hit area

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Student volunteers from Maiko High School in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, clear away rubble and mud at an elementary school in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 7, 2011. Some 20 students and staff at the high school from the city, which suffered in the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, visited the area, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, to help reopen the elementary school. (Kyodo)

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Nerve gas attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Employees offer a moment of silence at the subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2012, during an event to commemorate the 17th anniversary of the Aum Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. In the attack, 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were sickened. (Kyodo)

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Tokyo marks 16th anniv. of sarin gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Metro Co. employees observe a moment of silence for the victims of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's 1995 sarin nerve gas attacks, at Tokyo Metro subway's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo, on the morning of March 20, 2011, the 16th anniversary of the event. (Kyodo)

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24th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was one of the 13 people killed in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, joins her hands in prayer at the station on March 20, 2019, the 24th anniversary of the incident, which also injured over 6,000 others. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan marks 22nd anniversary of sarin attack on subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was one of the 13 people killed in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway, joins her hands in prayer in Tokyo on March 20, 2017, the 22nd anniversary of the incident, which also injured more than 6,000. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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24th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was one of the 13 people killed in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, lays flowers at the station on March 20, 2019, the 24th anniversary of the incident, which also injured over 6,000 others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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24th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was one of the 13 people killed in the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, lays flowers at the station on March 20, 2019, the 24th anniversary of the incident, which also injured over 6,000 others. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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23 years after nerve gas attack on Tokyo subway system

Combined photos show Tsukiji subway station (top), soon after the sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group in Tokyo on March 20, 1995, and the same location on July 26, 2018, when cult members involved in the incident were executed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

File photo taken on March 20, 1995 shows elementary school children covering their mouths with masks walking home near Tsukiji Station in Tokyo after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group hit the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

Members of the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, in this file photo taken on March 20, 1995, wear protective suits and gas masks near Tsukiji Station in Tokyo after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult hit the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

People wait to be attended to near Kamiyacho Station in Tokyo in this file photo taken on March 20, 1995, after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult hit the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

A squad from the Tokyo Fire Department in protective suits, in this file photo taken on March 20, 1995, working near Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo, after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group hit the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

Investigators wearing gas masks examine the crime scene near Tsukiji Station in Tokyo in this file photo taken on March 20, 1995, after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult hit the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

Patients receive treatment in front of Tsukiji Station in Tokyo in this file photo taken on March 20, 1995, after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group on the Tokyo subway system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

Victims are treated in front of Tsukiji Station in Tokyo after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group hit the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995. The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 6,200. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway in 1995

Victims are treated in front of Tsukiji Station in Tokyo after a sarin gas attack by the AUM Shinrikyo cult group hit the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995. The attack killed 13 people and injured more than 6,200. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo