Tokyo subway attack remembered

Tokyo subway workers observed a moment of silence today to mark the 15th anniversary of a nerve gas attack by a religious cult, Japan’s deadliest act of domestic terrorism.

About 20 employees at Kasumigaseki station in Tokyo’s government district bowed their heads in silent prayer at 8am to mark the time when members of the cult released sarin nerve gas in rush-hour trains on March 20 1995. The five co-ordinated attacks killed 13 people and left 6,300 others feeling unwell.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama joined victims and families in paying his respects, bowing deeply in front of a flower-laden alter.