Aum cult member's widow speaks 30 years after subway attack

Asahara's death has "done nothing to weaken their faith, the way Jesus in Christianity is immortalized", she said.

Japanese authorities say Aleph members routinely chant allegiance to their demised master and wear special headgear said to be imbued with his brain waves.

Extremely worrying.

These dangerous death cult members - and all their affiliates - absolutely must be tracked, monitored, filmed and followed for the rest of their lives. They can never be trusted not to commit another act of mass terrorism.

It is very good that evil and remorseless Tomomitsu, Asahara and the others were hung - but their type is still out there.

 "Followers still say the guru had profound thoughts to justify it, but, no way. He was mentally sick."

This is why cults are so bad. The followers always think they see "profound" thoughts that justify the cray cray.

Profound article for JT.

She is not an "expert".

However her life experience might have led her to a pretty reasoned conclusion.

RE; Yuki believes that the failure of family relationships is the main reason some young people lose themselves in spirituality, recalling her own sometimes controlling mother.

"Had they built a good relationship with their parents, I don't think they would've sought solace in cults," she said.

Yuki Niimi deeinguious refusal to accept culpability, is frankly nauseating, in its cynical duplicitous disregard to the victim, families.

Outrageous, in the belated shock of his atrocities, is further insult to the victims.

Yuki Niimi  is culpable, then and now.

Cults are very common around the world. Unfortunately, people will always look for something or someone to believe in. We all do it. They are just like us. Hopefully we don’t need to go to such extremes.

This is why cults are so bad.

All religions are cults, and all should be closely monitored, taxed, and kept separate from the "state". All people who join are brainwashed into believing one thing or another!

Publishing this is a slap in the face to the victims. Disgusting, really.

All religions are cults, and all should be closely monitored, taxed, and kept separate from the "state". All people who join are brainwashed into believing one thing or another!

And not all cults are religions. What are we to do?

She's got a few screws loose too. I'd be careful walking around with a picture of those two murdering nuts, neither of whom should ever be mentioned alongside Jesus Christ.

That the cult leader of a religion had mental health issues is rather obvious. The followers probably more so

That woman is not well. It’s clear she didn’t have a father

Why this loose nut of a women a voice here? Yes, its been 30 years after the subway attack but giving her a space keeps their dream alive and well!! She's not well!!

In line with a previous comment above, just putting this smirking face on the front page of JT, is nothing more than an insult to those affected by these loonies

A sick sick woman. The idea that she met and married Niimi after all that he had done is insane and unbelievable. The posters above are right, she shouldn't be given any platform to talk about her husband or what their cult did.

YubaruMar. 17  06:37 pm JST

This is why cults are so bad. 

All religions are cults, and all should be closely monitored, taxed, and kept separate from the "state". All people who join are brainwashed into believing one thing or another!

Absolutely right! A “religion” is a cult that has stuck around long enough to build a political power base. They are all just praying on people looking for direction in their lives.

Not sane to show insane as a potential bright side.

Truth is indeed never give confidence to such crazies.

And not all cults are religions. What are we to do?

The one's that are not religions havent been around long enough to get there. Oh and the members probably think they are a religion anyway, so it's just semantics.

WA4TKGMar. 17  10:33 pm JST

In line with a previous comment above, just putting this smirking face on the front page of JT, is nothing more than an insult to those affected by these loonies

It's a major slap in the face to everyone who witnessed this horrible cowardly act. And the worst part of it all is that Yuki (and the rest of Aleph) doesn't even seem to be sorry for it. Well, I have no sympathy for this devil. Terrorism + violence is unjustifiable. And those Aum terrorists fled the subways because of cowardice.

> USNinJapan2Mar. 17  10:56 pm JST

A sick sick woman. The idea that she met and married Niimi after all that he had done is insane and unbelievable. The posters above are right, she shouldn't be given any platform to talk about her husband or what their cult did.

A total dimwit for sure. Easily impressionable and absolutely Dee You Em Bee.

Until the very end, he gave no apology to those who died. He didn't regret what he did. He just followed the path he believed in," Yuki, 47, told AFP in an interview.

Tomomitsu, who died aged 54, is sometimes called Aum's "most blood-stained" disciple -- having helped perpetrate all of the group's seven deadly attacks, including the subway strike in which he acted as a driver.

He also fatally suffocated a sleeping one-year-old in the 1989 slaying of an anti-Aum lawyer and his family.

Hanged, good riddance !!!..