Japanese officials today said they have extended an order to keep close surveillance on the doomsday sect that released nerve gas in Tokyo’s subway system a decade ago, killing 12 people.

A former doomsday cult member has been sentenced to death by the Tokyo High Court today for a 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo’s subways, overturning a lower court ruling condemning him to life in prison.

FORMER Doomsday cult guru Shoko Asahara was sentenced to death today for masterminding the deadly 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway and a string of other attacks that killed 27 people.

Former doomsday cult leader Shoko Asahara was convicted and sentenced to death today for masterminding the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo tube network and other murders.

The doomsday cult guru accused of ordering the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo tube network and a string of other killings was awaiting a verdict today in a court session that began with the judge rejecting his claims of innocence.

A CHEMIST was convicted and sentenced to death yesterday for leading efforts by a doomsday cult to develop the nerve gas used in a 1995 attack on the Tokyo subways that killed 12 people, a court official said.

A chemist has been convicted of leading efforts by a doomsday cult to develop the nerve gas used in a 1995 attack on the Tokyo subways that killed 12 people.

A court verdict is expected in February on the doomsday cult guru charged with masterminding a 1995 Tokyo tube nerve gas attack, it is reported today.

Prosecutors are demanding the death penalty for a former doomsday cult leader who allegedly released deadly nerve gas in Tokyo's subways.

The doomsday cult behind the 1995 deadly gassing on the Tokyo subway is growing steadily and reasserting influence through the Internet, the Japanese government said today.