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Anti-AUM group forms in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture

FUJIOKA, Japan - An anti-AUM Shinrikyo citizens' group is formed Sept. 5 at this meeting at the office of an agricultural cooperative in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. The group is led by Fujioka Mayor Shoji Tsukamoto. After the meeting about 1,300 Fujioka residents demonstrated at a former factory site now home to AUM Shinrikyo followers, demanding they leave.

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500 people hold anti-AUM rally in Gunma Pref.

MAEBASHI, Japan - Some 500 local residents hold a protest rally in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 22 to demand that members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult occupying an old factory site in the city move out. The rally, which took place on a parking lot near the old factory site, was also attended by senior city officials.

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3,500 people attend anti-AUM rally in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - About 3,500 people gather at a rally in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 8, demanding that members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who have taken up residence in the city move out. The participants, bearing placards that read, ''AUM get out immediately,'' chant slogans, while AUM members blare cult songs from speakers. AUM founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, and a number of AUM members are on trial on murder and attempted murder charges in such cases as the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing, in which 12 people died and more than 5,300 were injured.

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Otawara residents want AUM followers evicted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture residents, holding anti-AUM placards, demonstrate July 11 in front a former inn used by two of AUM founder Shoko Asahara's children and about a dozen AUM followers as residence. More than 1,000 people took part in the rally in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, demanding that they leave the city.

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Municipalities call for laws against AUM

Some 400 people from 22 municipalities across Japan attend a Tokyo rally July 1 seeking legislation against the AUM Shinrikyo cult to alleviate public anxiety about the group. The gathering, held by the anti-AUM municipalities liaison group, adopted a resolution urging the central government to enact new laws to halt AUM activities and disband the group.

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Fukuoka detention center

Photo taken July 6, 2018, shows the Fukuoka detention center where senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Kiyohide Hayakawa was hanged the same day for his involvement in the murders of anti-AUM lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Security panel holds hearing over monitoring of AUM cult

TOKYO, Japan - The Public Security Examination Commission holds a one-day session Jan. 20 to hear from AUM Shinrikyo over security authorities' requests to monitor and crack down on the cult in line with a new anti-AUM law. AUM's nominal leader Tatsuko Muraoka (far left in front row, facing away) and lawyer Yuji Maeda, an AUM legal agent, were among the participants. The session was held at the Justice Ministry.

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Anti-AUM group forms in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture

FUJIOKA, Japan - An anti-AUM Shinrikyo citizens' group is formed Sept. 5 at this meeting at the office of an agricultural cooperative in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture. The group is led by Fujioka Mayor Shoji Tsukamoto. After the meeting about 1,300 Fujioka residents demonstrated at a former factory site now home to AUM Shinrikyo followers, demanding they leave.

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500 people hold anti-AUM rally in Gunma Pref.

MAEBASHI, Japan - Some 500 local residents hold a protest rally in Fujioka, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 22 to demand that members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult occupying an old factory site in the city move out. The rally, which took place on a parking lot near the old factory site, was also attended by senior city officials.

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3,500 people attend anti-AUM rally in Tochigi Pref.

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - About 3,500 people gather at a rally in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture on Aug. 8, demanding that members of the AUM Shinrikyo cult who have taken up residence in the city move out. The participants, bearing placards that read, ''AUM get out immediately,'' chant slogans, while AUM members blare cult songs from speakers. AUM founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, and a number of AUM members are on trial on murder and attempted murder charges in such cases as the 1995 Tokyo subway gassing, in which 12 people died and more than 5,300 were injured.

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Otawara residents want AUM followers evicted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture residents, holding anti-AUM placards, demonstrate July 11 in front a former inn used by two of AUM founder Shoko Asahara's children and about a dozen AUM followers as residence. More than 1,000 people took part in the rally in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, demanding that they leave the city.

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Otawara residents want AUM followers evicted

UTSUNOMIYA, Japan - Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture residents, holding anti-AUM placards, demonstrate July 11 in front a former inn used by two of AUM founder Shoko Asahara's children and about a dozen AUM followers as residence. More than 1,000 people took part in the rally in Otawara, Tochigi Prefecture, demanding that they leave the city.

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Municipalities call for laws against AUM

Some 400 people from 22 municipalities across Japan attend a Tokyo rally July 1 seeking legislation against the AUM Shinrikyo cult to alleviate public anxiety about the group. The gathering, held by the anti-AUM municipalities liaison group, adopted a resolution urging the central government to enact new laws to halt AUM activities and disband the group.

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Municipalities call for laws against AUM

Some 400 people from 22 municipalities across Japan attend a Tokyo rally July 1 seeking legislation against the AUM Shinrikyo cult to alleviate public anxiety about the group. The gathering, held by the anti-AUM municipalities liaison group, adopted a resolution urging the central government to enact new laws to halt AUM activities and disband the group.