The Tokyo District Court ordered the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on Tuesday to pay damages and apologize to the Aleph religious group, previously known as Aum Shinrikyo, for releasing an investigative report about the 1995 attempted murder of the national police chief that suggested the cult was behind the attack.
The court ordered the metropolitan government to pay ¥1 million in damages and to offer a written apology to Aleph, which had sought ¥50 million.
The court turned down Aleph's demand that Katsuhiko Ikeda, head of the Metropolitan Police Department in 2010 when the report was issued, also be ordered to pay damages and apologize.