Japan marks 30 years since Tokyo subway sarin attack

Shizue Takahashi, whose husband was killed in the sarin gas attack in 1995, offers flowers and prays at Kasumigaseki Station in Tokyo on March 20, 2025, on the 30th anniversary of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. - AFP)

TOKYO: Japan on Thursday (March 20) marked the 30th anniversary 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 were to hold a solemn annual ceremony at Kasumigaseki station at the heart of the capital's government district, one of several areas targeted in the 1995 carnage.