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TOKYO, Japan - A bus believed to be carrying Naoko Kikuchi arrives at the Tokyo District Court on May 8, 2014. The trial of Kikuchi, one of the three former AUM Shinrikyo cult members arrested in 2012 after being on the run for 17 years, began that day at the court.

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Ex-AUM member Kikuchi's hideout in Sagamihara

TOKYO, Japan - Journalists and onlookers on June 4, 2012 crowd the area surrounding a house (C) in which former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi had been hiding in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. Kikuchi, who had been wanted for years for alleged involvement in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, was captured the day before in Sagamihara, southwest of Tokyo.

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Ex-AUM cult member Kikuchi arrested

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Police officers walk around a house in which former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi had been hiding, in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, on June 4, 2012. Kikuchi, who had been wanted for years for alleged involvement in the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, was arrested the previous day in Tokyo after being captured in Sagamihara, southwest of Tokyo.

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Prosecutors to appeal against acquittal of ex-AUM cult member

Undated photo shows former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi. The Tokyo High Public Prosecutors Office is preparing to appeal a high court ruling that found her not guilty of a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building, sources close to the matter said on Dec. 8, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court acquits ex-AUM cult member in parcel bombing case

A lawyer for former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Nov. 27, 2015, after the Tokyo High Court ruled that Kikuchi was not guilty of a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building. The lawyer, whose name has been withheld, said the ruling was "very sensible" and urged prosecutors not to appeal it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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High court acquits ex-AUM cult member in parcel bombing case

Camera crew gather in front of the Tokyo High Court on Nov. 27, 2015. The court ruled the same day that former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi was not guilty of a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-AUM cult member Kikuchi acquitted

Photo shows former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi. Kikuchi had been sentenced to five years in prison for taking part in a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building, but the Tokyo High Court acquitted her in an appeal trial on Nov. 27, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-AUM cult member Hirata arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Jan. 2, 2012, shows a poster with pictures of three ex-AUM Shinrikyo cult members wanted by police. The photo of Makoto Hirata (C), who turned himself in to police on Dec. 31 after being on the run for more than 16 years, is obscured by a sticker saying he has been arrested. The other two are Katsuya Takahashi (L) and Naoko Kikuchi, who are still wanted in connection with a string of heinous crimes committed by the cult in the 1990s. (Kyodo)

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Ex-AUM cult member not guilty of parcel bombing

Undated photo shows former AUM Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi. The Supreme Court on Dec. 25, 2017 decided to uphold a high court decision in Tokyo that Kikuchi was not guilty of a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo metropolitan government building. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo