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Poison Gas, Terror, and the Historical Imagination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Mori Tatsuya
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On the day of the sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system in March 1995, we were shocked beyond words. It was the first act of indiscriminate terrorism in Japan. It was also the first time for most of us to hear the term “sarin.” But this nerve gas with an unfamiliar name was actually released inside subway cars, killing and injuring many people.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 3 , March 2005 , e5
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