Anti-Aum Shinrikyo Protests
Following the 1995 sarin gas attack in the subways of Tokyo, the Japanese government officially revoked Aum Shinrikyo's status as a religious organization, keeping a close eye on the organization. Two years later, in 1997, the group narrowly escaped being made illegal entirely by anti-subversive laws. The police in Japan have increased their training in dealing with biological and chemical hazards, allowing them to perform on-site inspections and decontamination. The nation also keeps a surplus of the sarin antidote PAM in government facilities and hospitals.
The American response to the 1995 sarin gas was to bolster spending by billions of dollars on reactionary plans and supplies for countering biological and chemical threats. It came as a shock to the people and government of the United States that nation such as Japan would be attacked like that. Many people now consider religious terrorism a much greater threat, especially when it can come from seemingly anywhere.
The American response to the 1995 sarin gas was to bolster spending by billions of dollars on reactionary plans and supplies for countering biological and chemical threats. It came as a shock to the people and government of the United States that nation such as Japan would be attacked like that. Many people now consider religious terrorism a much greater threat, especially when it can come from seemingly anywhere.