In Photos: AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Asahara

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, center, holds a news conference with female AUM executives in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 1990, after Kumamoto Prefectural Police and other investigative authorities raided the cult's headquarters. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, is transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department after questioning at the Tokyo District Court on June 16, 1995. He was arrested on suspicion of murder with his followers on May 16, 1995. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, is seen in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Oct. 22, 1990. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, and his followers were arrested for alleged murder. Matsumoto was found in a hidden room on the third-floor mezzanine of the cult's sixth facility in the then-village of Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 16, 1995. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, or Shoko Asahara, who was arrested on suspicion of murder with his followers on May 16, 1995, is transferred to Metropolitan Police Department after questioning at the Tokyo District Court on September 8 of the same year. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, who was arrested on suspicion of murder with his followers on May 16, 1995, is transferred to the Metropolitan Police Department after questioning at the Tokyo District Court on September 25 of the same year. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto is seen at his graduation from a Kumamoto prefectural high school for the visually impaired.

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, is seen on Oct. 22, 1992. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, appears with his followers at AUM Shinrikyo's Tokyo headquarters in the capital's Suginami Ward to speak about allegations the cult faced, on Oct. 30, 1990. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, center, appears at a news conference with Kiyohide Hayakawa, left, Tomomitsu Niimi, center back, and other followers who implemented his orders, on Nov. 30, 1989. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, or Shoko Asahara, leaves the Metropolitan Police Department to go through the proceedings for the disclosure of the reason for detention at the Tokyo District Court after he was served with a fresh arrest warrant for the 1989 murders of lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto and his family, on Sep. 8, 1995. Matsumoto had already been indicted on a separate murder case. His death sentence was finalized in 2006. (Mainichi)

AUM Shinrikyo cult founder Chizuo Matsumoto, also known as Shoko Asahara, heads for the Metropolitan Police Department where he went through proceedings for the disclosure of the reason for detention at the Tokyo District Court, after he was served with a fresh arrest warrant for the 1989 murders of lawyer Tsutsumi Sakamoto, his wife Satoko and their son Tatsuhiko, on Sep. 8, 1995. He had already been indicted on murder and other charges, and his death sentence was finalized in 2006. (Mainichi)