Shizue Takahashi

National / Crime & Legal Jul 26, 2018

Aum executions reignite debate over Japan's death penalty

by Tomohiro Osaki

Thursday's executions of six Aum Shinrikyo cultists — the second set of hangings this month following the executions of seven on July 6 — have reignited debate over the nation's death penalty system, marked by its opacity and the absence of prior notice to ...

National / Crime & Legal Jan 25, 2018

Activist widowed by Aum yet to find peace decades after deadly '95 sarin attack

The March 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo's subway system perpetrated by the doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo changed Shizue Takahashi forever. Had it not been for the attack, she would have continued on as an ordinary housewife who enjoyed making sweets. The Japanese terrorist attack, which ...