Tokyo subway officials commemorated the 17th anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo's deadly 1995 sarin gas attack Tuesday at Kasumigaseki Station.
Twenty-four Tokyo Metro Co. employees observed a moment of silence at the station, one of the subway stations where members of the cult released the deadly nerve agent on March 20, 1995, killing 13 people and sickening more than 6,000 others.
Commemorative stands were set up for relatives of the victims to offer flowers at Kasumigaseki and five other stations.
"I have come to the commemoration every year, hoping the memories don't fade," said a 46-year-old man who was injured in the subway attack.
Aum founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, and 12 other Aum members are on death row for the cult's murderous crimes, and two are still on the run.