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Japan stuns China to win men's gymnastics team gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese gymnasts -- (from L) Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shotaro Shirai, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Yusuke Saito, Kazuyuki Takeda and Yuya Kamimoto -- hold up flowers on the podium during an award ceremony for the men's gymnastics all-around team event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2014. Japan won the gold, denying China an 11th straight title.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter shows two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, with a police vehicle leading the convoy, leaving the Tokyo Detention House for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - Two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, enter the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM trial

TOKYO, Japan - A police vehicle leads two buses, each believed to be carrying a former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, as the convoy heads for the Tokyo District Court on Jan. 21, 2014. Heavy security was provided to transport Tomomasa Nakagawa, a death-row inmate, and Makoto Hirata, who turned himself in to police after nearly 17 years on the run, with riot police on standby along the streets and traffic lights changed to green to ensure a smooth procession during the convoy's nearly hour-long journey from the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa attended the trial of Hirata, charged with involvement in the abduction and confinement of a Tokyo notary public, as a witness.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi.

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AUM's Nakagawa apologizes to son of murder victim

TOKYO, Japan - Minoru Kariya, whose father died after being abducted by the AUM Shinrikyo cult in 1995, briefs reporters Sept. 13 on his meeting with former senior AUM member Tomomasa Nakagawa at the Tokyo Detention House. Nakagawa is appealing the death sentence for his role in 11 cases including that of Kariya's father Kiyoshi. (Kyodo)

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Japan stuns China to win men's gymnastics team gold

INCHEON, South Korea - Japanese gymnasts -- (from L) Masayoshi Yamamoto, Shotaro Shirai, Tomomasa Hasegawa, Yusuke Saito, Kazuyuki Takeda and Yuya Kamimoto -- hold up flowers on the podium during an award ceremony for the men's gymnastics all-around team event at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 21, 2014. Japan won the gold, denying China an 11th straight title. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshima detention center

Photo taken July 6, 2018, shows the Hiroshima detention center where senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomasa Nakagawa was hanged the same day for his role in three major cases involving the cult. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hiroshima detention center

Photo taken July 6, 2018, shows the Hiroshima detention center where senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomasa Nakagawa was hanged the same day for his role in three major cases involving the cult. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Condemned AUM cultist, U.S. toxicologist discuss Kim Jong Nam murder

Anthony Tu, a toxicologist and Colorado State University professor emeritus, speaks with reporters outside the Tokyo Detention House on April 20, 2017, after meeting with Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member on death row. Researching attacks involving the cult and deadly poisons, Tu, 86, has been meeting with Nakagawa at the detention house since 2011. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-AUM cult member on death row calls founder "criminal" in memoir

Undated photo shows former senior member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult Tomomasa Nakagawa. Nakagawa, who is on death row, has described the founder and guru he once revered, Shoko Asahara, a "criminal" in a recently published memoir. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER MARCH 16, 2017)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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AUM 'doctor' gets death penalty

TOKYO, Japan - An undated file photo shows senior AUM Shinrikyo cultist Tomomasa Nakagawa, 41, who was sentenced to death by the Tokyo District Court on Oct. 29 for his roles in the murders of 24 people in cases including the sect's sarin gas attacks on the Tokyo subway and in Nagano Prefecture. (Kyodo)