Japan marks 30 years since deadly Tokyo subway sarin attack

By Agence France-Presse

Mar 20, 2025 12:40 am

TOKYO, Japan — Japan marked the 30th anniversary on Thursday of the sarin gas attack on Tokyo's subway that killed more than a dozen people and injured more than 5,800.

A small group of Tokyo subway workers observed a moment of silence at an annual ceremony at Kasumigaseki station in the heart of the capital's government district, one of several areas targeted in the 1995 attack.

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