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The Aftermath: The 1995 Tokyo Metro Sarin Gas Incident

The Alarmist

The Alarmist

Comedy, History, Society & Culture

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

New Aftermath! On this week’s Aftermath, Rebecca speaks with journalist Charmaine Chan about the 1995 Metro Sarin Gas attack in Tokyo. A resident of Tokyo at the time of this tragic event, Charmaine offers a firsthand account of the terror that immediately followed and offers unique insight into the culture of Aum Shinrikyo and its origins. Afterward, Fact Checker Chris Smith and Producer Clayton Early stop by to reflect and revisit the verdict.

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And here he goes, original.

0:25.6

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0:29.8

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0:34.0

My name is Rebecca Delgado-Smith and this is The Aftermath.

0:39.8

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into this episode of The Aftermath.

0:43.2

Today's guest expert is Charmaine Chan.

0:46.2

Charmaine has worked as a journalist in Australia, Japan, and Hong Kong.

0:51.0

She became the South China Morning Post's design editor in 2005,

0:55.8

having been its literary, deputy features, and behind the news editor.

1:00.4

Charmaine is the author of Courtyard Living, Contemporary Houses of the Asia Pacific.

1:06.2

At the time of the Tokyo Subway Seren attack in 1995,

1:10.3

Charmaine was working at the Asahi Evening News,

1:13.5

the English language arm of Japan's Asahi Shin Bun newspaper.

1:17.8

She has an MA in Japanese studies from So-As University of London.

1:22.6

Let's hear what she has to say about the 1995 Tokyo Metro Seren gas attack.

1:30.1

Hi Charmaine, thank you so much for joining us today.

1:33.8

So you lived in Tokyo at the time of the Seren attack.

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