A woman on welfare who was a victim of Aum Shinrikyo's 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system will be able to keep her welfare money, as well as 3 million yen in compensation she was awarded after the attack.
The government has decided the woman does not have to repay welfare money because the compensation awarded to her in a court ruling does not constitute income, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Friday.
The woman, who lost her job after the attack because she developed posttraumatic stress disorder, went on welfare in June 1998.