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NAOKO KIKUCHI

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2017
Japan's Supreme Court upholds acquittal of ex-Aum Shinrikyo cult member in Tokyo bombing case
The Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that acquitted former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi over her role in a 1995 parcel bombing at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film / Wide Angle
Dec 9, 2015
Filmmakers explore Japan's infamous doomsday cult, Aum Shinrikyo, with mixed results
Today the saga of Aum Shinrikyo — a doomsday cult that killed 13 Tokyo commuters and poisoned many others with sarin gas in 1995 — seems like something out of a bad manga. What could have possessed so many well-educated middle-class people, to follow Shoko Asahara, a deranged guru who taught a mishmash of Buddhism and nonsense?
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2015
Prosecutors appeal high court acquittal of Aum ex-fugitive in 1995 parcel bombing
Prosecutors appeal a ruling that found a female former member of Aum Shinrikyo and ex-fugitive not guilty of a 1995 parcel bombing.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2015
Court acquits Kikuchi of 1995 Aum bombing, deeming she was unaware of plot
The Tokyo High Court acquits former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi of attempted murder in a 1995 bomb attack.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 14, 2015
Ex-Aum cult member Kikuchi pleads not guilty at appeal trial
Former Aum Shinrikyo cult member Naoko Kikuchi pleaded not guilty on Wednesday at the Tokyo High Court in an appeal session on a five-year prison sentence.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 30, 2014
Cultist Kikuchi gets five years
Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Naoko Kikuchi receives a five-year term for attempted murder in the 1995 Tokyo City Hall bombing but avoids explosives violations charges.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2014
Seven years sought for Aum's Kikuchi over parcel bombing
Prosecutors demand a seven-year term for former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Naoko Kikuchi for her role the 1995 parcel bomb attack on Tokyo City Hall.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2014
Former Aum member denies being bomber
Former Aum Shinrikyo fugitive Naoko Kikuchi said Friday she had no idea that cult superiors had roped her into a plot to build and send a parcel bomb to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government headquarters in 1995.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
May 8, 2014
Ex-Aum cultist pleads not guilty
Former Aum Shinrikyo cultist Naoko Kikuchi pleads not guilty to attempted murder for her role in the 1995 bombing of a Tokyo City Hall office.

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