Tokyo’s Adachi Ward will neither accept resident registration applications from Aum Shinrikyo followers nor allow them to use ward-run facilities, Adachi Mayor Tsunetoshi Suzuki said Monday.
Suzuki, who became the ward chief after an election last month, made the remarks during the first meeting of an Adachi conference formed to combat the doomsday cult, which appears to be trying to stage a comeback.
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