By YURI MURAKAMI/ Staff Writer
March 8, 2022 at 19:05 JST
The sign outside the Tokyo District Court building (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Family members of Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult leader Chizuo Matsumoto filed a lawsuit against the state seeking 1 million yen ($8,656) in damages on grounds his July 2018 execution was illegal because he was mentally incompetent. [Read More]
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A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II
Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors.