"The Blessing of Living in a Country Where There Are Senryū!": Humor in the Response to Aum Shinrikyō

2002 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Aum Shinrikyo

Religious Terrorism in Japan: The Fatal Appeal of Aum Shinrikyo

Asian Survey ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 35 (12) ◽  
pp. 1140-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. Metraux
Keyword(s):  
Aum Shinrikyo ◽  
Religious Terrorism

Radioactive Rain and the American Umbrella

2012 ◽  
Vol 71 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshimi Shun'ya ◽  
Shi-Lin Loh
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Party ◽  
Liberal Democratic Party ◽  
Rapid Succession ◽  
Nuclear Disaster ◽  
Liberal Democratic ◽  
Aum Shinrikyo ◽  
Bubble Economy

With the earthquake of March 11, 2011, and the expanding nuclear disaster that followed, our “affluent postwar” has finally reached a decisive end. Indeed, this closure had been clearly augured since the 1990s. The collapse of the bubble economy, the close of an era of single-party rule by the Liberal Democratic Party, and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and Aum Shinrikyō sarin gas attacks that came in rapid succession in 1995—these events forced upon us the reality that the “affluent postwar” was over.

A Review Article on Nerve Agents

2002 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
SYH Tang ◽  
JTS Chan
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Medical Personnel ◽  
Nerve Agents ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Chemical Weapon ◽  
Recent Event ◽  
Aum Shinrikyo ◽  
High Possibility

The incidence of Tokyo subway attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in 1995 had raised the concern of the use of nerve agent as a weapon in terrorist attack. The recent event in World Trade Centre in New York city had further brought our attention to the possibility of terrorist attacks using these agents. In view of the high possibility of nerve agents being used as chemical weapon, medical personnel should have a clear knowledge of these agents. This article aim to provide a detailed discussion of these agents.

Three Paths to Enlightenment about Aum Shinrikyō

2001 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 143
Author(s):  
Patricia G. Steinhoff ◽  
Ian Reader ◽  
Robert Jay Lifton ◽  
Daniel A. Metraux
Keyword(s):  
Aum Shinrikyo
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