Supreme Truth can be successfully concealed.

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That was in March 1995, when members of the Aum Shinrikyo (Supreme Truth) sect preaching a bizarre distortion of Hindu, Buddhist and Judaeo-Christian beliefs unleashed a nerve gas called sarin in the Tokyo subway, killing 12 people and injuring several thousand.

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Among a long list of big stories that Japanese newspapers have suppressed or downplayed in recent years are court testimony that top LDP officials took bribes, a confession from a policeman belonging to the Aum Supreme Truth cult, new information about Emperor Hirohito's responsibility for the conduct of World War II and numerous shady deals linking Japan's (still unreformed) banks, politicians and gangsters.

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But the truth is that the Supreme Court's decision is not a vindication of Andersen itself (see article).

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