Japan's Public Security Examination Commission has extended restrictions on the activities of Aleph, a successor group of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, until March 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/japan/crime-legal/aleph-restriction-activities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aleph #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #massmurder #terrorism
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has identified the second son of Shoko Asahara — the founder of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo cult — as the de facto head of Aleph, the group regarded as Aum’s successor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/22/japan/aum-shinrikyo-son/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack
Police in Saitama Prefecture have found tens of millions of yen in cash at the home of the wife of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult's founder Chizuo Matsumoto, who went by the name Shoko Asahara. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/crime-legal/aum-shinrikyo-founder-wife/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #aumshinrikyo #shokoasahara #saitama #japanesepolice #tokyosaringasattack