The Tokyo High Court on Wednesday upheld the death sentences meted out to two Aum Shinrikyo figures over their roles in the 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system.
The court also upheld the life imprisonment term given to another cultist over his role in the nerve-gas attack.
In July 2000, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Toru Toyoda, 36, and Kenichi Hirose, 40, to death after convicting them of murder and other charges. Shigeo Sugimoto, 45, a getaway driver during the attack, was given life imprisonment.