PR Department
The religious group Aleph made a fresh start in February, 2000 after dissolving Aum Shinrikyo, its predecessor. Reflecting deeply on what its predecessor did in the past, Aleph started to make apologies and compensation to the victims and bereaved families. Since then, from time to time, Aleph has expressed its comments on the past incidents as well as apologies to the victims and bereaved families.


CONTENTS

 Chapter 1

*The series of Incidents Aum Shinrikyo was involved in including the 1995 Tokyo subway gas attack

<1> Dec. 1, 1999 Aum Shinrikyo makes an official comment
<2> Jan. 18, 2000 Aum Shinrikyo announces "The Outline of its Comprehensive Views on the Aum Incidents and its Drastic Reforms."
<3> Mar. 20, 2000 Aleph apologizes to the victims and bereaved families of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack.
<4> Jun. 27, 2000 Aleph apologizes to the victims and bereaved families of the 1994 Matsumoto sarin gas attack.
<5> Aleph has been struggling to step forward in making more apologies and more compensation.

 Chapter 2

*The Terrorist Attacks on USA of Sept. 11, 2001

<6> Aleph's comment on the global situation over the terrorist attacks of September 11th.
<7> Aleph representative Fumihiro Joyu's view on the terrorist attacks of September 11th (Excerpted and summarized from his private homepage)

 Chapter 3

*The Dmitri Sigachev's Case

<8> Re: The Dmitri Sigachev's Case: unlawful possession of weapons by former
Russian member of Aum Shinrikyo

<9> Ongoing trial of former Aum Shinrikyo Russian members: Dmitri Sigachev and others
<10>Press release on November 27, 2001

 Chapter 4

*Aum Shinrikyo's research activities on anthrax

<11> The anthrax bacteria spread in 1993 was a harmless strain


 Chapter 5

*Charities

<12> Appeal to Aleph followers to Contribute to Charities

 Chapter 5

<13> Mr. Colin L. Powell Secretary of State The United States of America