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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan, March 20 Kyodo - Tokyo Metro employees observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo at 8:10 a.m. on March 20, 2025, the time the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 dead and over 6,000 injured. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Protest banners are seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

A protest banner is seen near a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on March 20, 2025. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Photo taken on March 20, 2025, shows a building housing Aleph, one of the three groups created after the AUM Shinrikyo cult group went bankrupt in 1996, in Tokyo's Adachi Ward. AUM Shinrikyo's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 people dead and over 6,000 injured.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in Tokyo

Japanese transport minister Hiromasa Nakano offers a silent prayer 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. (Pool photo)

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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

Tokyo Metro employees observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo at 8:10 a.m. on March 20, 2025, the time the AUM Shinrikyo cult's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system took place exactly 30 years earlier, leaving 14 dead and over 6,000 injured. (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 in Tokyo

Japanese transport minister Hiromasa Nakano (C) walks in Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo to lay flowers 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.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in Tokyo

Japanese transport minister Hiromasa Nakano (C) walks in Tokyo Metro's Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo to lay flowers 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.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in Tokyo

A man prays in front of flowers placed 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.

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30th anniversary of sarin gas attack in Tokyo

A man prays in front of flowers placed 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.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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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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Anti-terrorist drill in Tokyo

An anti-terrorist drill is conducted at a Tokyo Metro facility in Tokyo on March 13, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 100 people took part in the drill, simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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Drill conducted ahead of 30th anniv. of AUM subway sarin gas attack

Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members conduct a drill against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons attacks together with firefighters and police officers in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2025, ahead of the 30th anniversary on March 20 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. About 190 people took part in the drill, conducted simulating chemical substances being sprayed inside a subway train.

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29th anniv. of sarin gas attack on Tokyo subway

Shizue Takahashi lays flowers at an altar set up at Tokyo Metro Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2024, the 29th anniversary 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 Kasumigaseki, was killed in the attack. (Pool photo)

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29th anniv. of Tokyo subway sarin attack

Japanese transport minister Tetsuo Saito offers flowers at an altar set up at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2024, in memory of the victims of the sarin nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult exactly 29 years ago. (Pool photo)

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29th anniv. of Tokyo subway sarin attack

Tokyo Metro Co. workers hold a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2024, in memory of the victims of the sarin nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult exactly 29 years ago. (Pool photo)

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Anti-terror drill in Kanazawa

Firefighters practice attending to victims during a simulated sarin gas attack at Kanazawa Station in Ishikawa Prefecture, central Japan, on April 11, 2023, ahead of a Group of Seven education ministers meeting in Toyama and Ishikawa prefectures in May.

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28 years after Tokyo subway sarin attack

Japan's transport minister Tetsuo Saito lays flowers on an alter set up at Tokyo's Kasumigaseki Station on March 20, 2023, on the 28th anniversary of the sarin nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult.

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28 years after Tokyo subway sarin attack

Tokyo Metro Co. workers hold a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2023, in honor of the victims of the sarin nerve gas attack on a Tokyo subway system by the AUM Shinrikyo cult exactly 28 years ago.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Subway terror attack rescue drill conducted

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters with protective gear conduct a rescue drill at a subway station in Tokyo's Hibiya district on Nov. 20, 2014, simulating a terror attack. Around 300 police officers and firefighters participated in the drill prior to the 20th anniversary of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system by the Aum Shinrikyo cult that killed 13 people and injured more than 6,000, on March 20 next year.

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Widow of subway gas attack victim speaks to U.S. journalist

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, widow of a 1995 subway gas attack victim, speaks during an interview with U.S. journalist Charlie Lyons in Tokyo in this file photo taken on Dec. 17, 2013. Lyons interviewed Takahashi at Kasumigaseki station, one of the sarin gas attack scenes, as part of his work to produce a film about weapons of mass destruction on behalf of the United Nations.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L) prays during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. The 13 victims included Takahashi's husband, Kazumasa, who was an official at Kasumigaseki station at the time and died after disposing of a plastic bag containing sarin in liquid form. (Pool photo)

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Transport minister Akihiro Ota (L) offers flowers during a memorial service at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki. (Pool photo)

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsuaki Ota, area manager at Tokyo Metro Co.'s Kasumigaseki station, offers flowers during a memorial service at the subway station on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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19th anniv. of nerve gas attack

TOKYO, Japan - Employees of Tokyo Metro Co. observe a moment of silence at Kasumigaseki station in Tokyo on March 20, 2014, the 19th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack that killed 13 and injured over 6,000 people at subway stations in central Tokyo, including Kasumigaseki.

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U.N. on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - British Ambassador to the United Nations Mark Lyall Grant speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the same day turned in a report to the Security Council in which a team of experts concluded sarin nerve gas had been used on civilians in an attack the previous month in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria.

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U.N. on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the same day turned in a report to the Security Council in which a team of experts concluded sarin nerve gas had been used on civilians in an attack the previous month in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria.

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U.N. on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - Russian Ambassador to the United Nations Vitaly Churkin speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2013. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon the same day turned in a report to the Security Council in which a team of experts concluded sarin nerve gas had been used on civilians in an attack the previous month in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria.

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U.N. on Syria

NEW YORK, United States - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (L) speaks at a press conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 16, 2013. Ban the same day turned in a report to the Security Council in which a team of experts concluded sarin nerve gas had been used on civilians in an attack the previous month in the suburbs of Damascus, Syria. To the right is Ake Sellstrom, head of the U.N. inspection team.

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Subway attack anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - Stationmaster Kiyoji Sato heads to offer a bouquet during a ceremony at Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo on March 20, 2013. A ceremony was held to mark the 18th anniversary of the AUM Shinrikyo cult's deadly sarin nerve gas attack at one of the stations where 13 people were killed and more than 6,000 others were injured.

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Agency inspects AUM Shinrikyo, splinter group facilities

TOKYO, Japan - Officials from the Justice Ministry's Public Security Intelligence Agency enter a facility of Aleph in Tokyo's Adachi Ward on Nov. 1, 2012. The agency the same day began inspecting 21 facilities of Aleph, the religious group formerly known as AUM Shinrikyo, whose founder and senior members were convicted of staging the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, and eight facilities of AUM's splinter group, called Hikari no Wa (Circle of Rainbow Light).

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AUM doomsday cult

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in February 1995 shows the Satyan 7 facility (foreground) of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's complex near Mt. Fuji in the village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. AUM was secretly producing sarin nerve gas at the Satyan 7 facility. Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM member wanted over the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, on June 15, 2012, after he had been on the run for 17 years.

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AUM doomsday cult

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in March 1995 shows followers of the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult meditating at the cult's headquarters in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture. Police arrested Katsuya Takahashi, the last remaining AUM member wanted over the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, on June 15, 2012, after he had been on the run for 17 years.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi, leader of a group of bereaved families of victims in the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, gives a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive behind the attack. Her husband, an assistant station master at Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo, was killed in the nerve gas attack along with 12 other people.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Shizue Takahashi (L), leader of a group of bereaved families of victims in the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, wipes away tears during a press conference in Tokyo on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive behind the attack. Her husband, an assistant station master at the Kasumigaseki subway station in central Tokyo, was killed in the nerve gas attack along with 12 other people.

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Last AUM fugitive arrested

OSAKA, Japan - Fumihiro Joyu, the leader of Hikari no Wa (Circle of Rainbow Light), a group that split off from the AUM Shinrikyo doomsday cult, gives a press conference in Osaka on June 15, 2012, following the arrest earlier in the day in Tokyo of Katsuya Takahashi, the last AUM fugitive sought for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system. Joyu, the one-time AUM spokesman, urged Takahashi to help get to the bottom of the AUM-related criminal cases.