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Aum Shinrikyo
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Aum Shinrikyo
A Japanese religious movement founded in 1984 by Shoko Asahara, which is a composite belief system based on Asahara's idiosyncratic interpretations of yoga, Buddhism, Christianity, and Nostradamus. Aum gained international notoriety in 1995 when it carried out a sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 people


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Lawyer Abe, who served as AUM's bankruptcy administrator, told a news conference that the amount of payment by the Joyu group is small but that he regards the Joyu group's agreement as indicating its remorse to the victims and its departure from the AUM cult.
Ogata, playing a member of the former Aum cult, stands on the almost empty stage and mutters: "I am getting confused whether I really think this way, or I am forced to think this way.
The Aum Cult THE apocalyptic cult Aum first hit the headlines worldwide in 1994 after fanatics killed seven people by releasing lethal sarin gas in Matsumoto, Japan.
 
 
 
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