At Kasumigaseki Station in the Japanese capital, officials observed a moment of silence at around 8 a.m., the time when the deadly sarin nerve agent was released in train cars on March 20 ...

Its toxicity and physical properties were studied by warfare specialists in Britain, who passed the formula on to ... of [chemical weapons]. Nerve agents such as sarin and VX are thought be ...

Two months after the sarin attack, Asahara was arrested and later convicted of 13 major crimes including the train strike and another using VX nerve agent. Survivors of the subway attack say they ...