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	Fumihiro Joyu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fumihiro Joyu (上祐史浩 Jōyū Fumihiro; born 17 December 1962) was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999.
		Fumihiro Joyu, originally from the Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyushu island, graduated from Waseda University, one of Japan's most prestigious private colleges, with an M.A. degree in Artificial Intelligence.
		Joyu Fumihiro's private website (in Japanese) - Includes diaries, QandA section, articles on subjects ranging from religion to world politics.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fumihiro_Joyu (629 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fumihiro Joyu, a charismatic senior leader of the group under Asahara, is currently the official head of the organization (since 1999).
		Joyu and his numerically larger faction advocate a milder course aimed at re-integration to society.
		The fundamentalist faction reportedly refuses to comply with Joyu's decisions and attempts to influence the symphatizers not to communicate to Joyu, who still remains the official leader of the group, at all.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aum_Shinrikyo (2706 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Fumihiro Joyu
		Fumihiro Joyu (上祐史浩 Jōyū Fumihiro; born 17 December 1962) was the spokesperson and public relations manager of the controversial Japanese doomsday cult Aum Shinrikyo, and has been the de facto chief of the organization since 1999.
		, Japan's teenaged girls found an icon: Joyu Fumihiro, the cult's "Information Minister." They had not the slightest interest in AUM, religious experience or Buddha but were crazy about Joyu because he was a "heart throb" as the press cynically wrote.' (from 'Slapstick on the Precipice: The Ascent of Koizumi Junichiro' by Alex Shishin).
		Joyu Fumihiro's private website (in Japanese) - Includes diaries, Q&A section, articles on subjects ranging from religion to world politics.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Fumihiro_Joyu (531 words)

	Wikipedia: Aum Shinrikyo
		In 2000, Fumihiro Joyu took control of Aum following his three-year jail sentence for perjury.
		Joyu was previously the group's spokesman and Russia Branch leader.
		Under Joyu's leadership Aum changed its name to Aleph and claims to have rejected the violent and apocalyptic teachings of its founder.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/au/aum_shinrikyo.html (994 words)

	World briefs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fumihiro Joyu was the last senior cult leader taken into custody.
		Joyu, whose boyish good looks have gained him a following, was reportedly arrested on charges involving perjury in a court case about a cult land deal.
		Joyu has led the cult since its leader, Shoko Asahara, was arrested in May and charged with masterminding the March 20 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways.
	www.chron.com /content/chronicle/world/95/10/07/worldbriefs.html (322 words)

	Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - Dec. 15-30, 1999
		Joyu as something of an organizational genius who has "aggressively taken part in the management of the cult," but who has come to be deeply associated in the public mind with the gas attack.
		Joyu is one of the longest-serving disciples of Asahara, who is on trial and facing hanging over the 1995 subway gas attack, and ranks higher than any of the six followers who comprise the sect's current collective leadership.
		Joyu was convicted of conspiring with former AUM lawyer Yoshinobu Aoyama to forge documents in connection with the group's purchase of land in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in 1990.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/aum7.htm (8053 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: Under Fire, Japan Sect Starts Over
		Joyu, lean, clean-cut, dressed in gray slacks and a white Yves Saint Laurent sweat shirt, candidly discussed the difficulties that Aum is facing amid a government and grass-roots crackdown.
		Joyu, by virtue of his position in the organization, must have known that the attack was being planned.
		Joyu said he was encouraged by the Japanese government's recent decision to advise local municipalities to allow children of Aum residents to register for school.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /10561 (1273 words)

	Aum cult man flies to Moscow
		Fumihiro Joyu, the 40-year-old former telegenic spokesman for the cult responsible for the 1995 deadly gas attacks on Tokyo subways, left on a Aeroflot plane from Narita airport, a public safety source in Tokyo said.
		As one of the longest-serving disciples of Asahara, Joyu was in Russia running Aum's Moscow branch when the sect spread Sarin gas in crowded Tokyo subways in March 1995, killing 12 people and injuring thousands.
		Joyu used to say he worshipped Asahara as a "messiah." After his release from jail, however, he said he had lost faith in his guru because prophecies of Armageddon never came true.
	www.news24.com /News24/World/News/0,6119,2-10-1462_1345737,00.html (505 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		Fumihiro Joyu is one of the highest-ranking members of Aum and one of its only leaders not charged with a role in the 1995 subway gassing, the Associated Press reported.
		Joyu is expected to fill a leadership vacuum within the still potentially powerful group.
		Joyu was arrested in 1997 for forgery and perjury in connection with a land deal made by the group and sentenced to three years in prison.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/5/story_506_1.html (220 words)

	BBC News \| ASIA-PACIFIC \| Doomsday cult leader released
		Fumihiro Joyu had completed a three-year prison sentence for perjury and falsification of documents, but is now expected to assume leadership of the cult.
		Joyu had become widely known in Japan as the charismatic public relations chief of the cult.
		But Joyu is widely expected to assume leadership of the cult which has only recently admitted some members were involved in the gas attack.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_581000/581783.stm (341 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo: Once and Future Threat?
		Joyu oversaw this important cult expansion, among other things "investing" as much as $12 million in the form of payoffs to well-placed officials.
		Joyu was convicted of perjury after the subway investigation, but he received an extremely light sentence (3 years) for his involvement in the cult's activities.
		Joyu has apparently maintained close ties to the cult, and he is slated for release toward the end of this year.
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol5no4/olson.htm (2399 words)

	Top Aum Shinrikyo Leader Released from Prison
		Fumihiro Joyu, the cult's spokesman and second in command vowed to resume his activities as a member of the cult.
		Joyu was among the few Aum leaders not charged in the 1995 subway attack.
		With the top cadre of the cult now on trial or in prison, Joyu is expected to take over the de facto leadership of the cult, a role that he filled in the past from May 1995, when guru Shoko Asahara was arrested, until his own arrest in October the same year.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=376 (873 words)

	Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - October 9-26, 2000
		Police also searched the cult's facility in Adachi Ward, where Fumihiro Joyu, a senior cult member, lived from Sept. 20 to Oct. 8, a condominium in Kita Ward where Joyu is currently living, and a PC shop cult members opened in June in Tokyo's Akihabara shopping district.
		Joyu gave a letter dated Sept. 25 to the owner, in which he pledged to move out within two weeks.
		Kitamoto called the move by Joyu and other AUM members to the ward ''very regrettable,'' as it could cause anxiety among residents and adversely affect their lives.
	www.cesnur.org /testi/aum_041.htm (2294 words)

	Joyu's room (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		According to the police, Joyu's apartment is the religious group's de facto headquarters and the raid was carried out in connection with an AUM member's suspected false residence registration with the Sumida Ward office.
		The police said the finding of the picture of Asahara indicates that Joyu, 38, and other AUM members still worship the founder, who is being tried on a number of charges, including the March 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system which killed 12 people and injured thousands.
		Joyu told investigators that he uses the picture for religious seminars, the police said.
	www.rickross.com /reference/aum/aum260.html (296 words)

	Japan Policy & Politics: AUM admits Asahara's involvement in crimes, changes name
		Joyu, who returned to the cult last month after serving out a three-year jail term for perjury, gave an overview of the past cases, while Muraoka explained the reform plan.
		Muraoka said the group will inform Asahara of the cult's policy change if there are any opportunities to do so, and urged him to express his views regarding his own responsibility, as the group's head, in the past cases now that he has admitted in court to the cult's involvement in the crimes.
		I feel his intention is to protect his status and maintain the faith of the followers, because if faith remains, the group can resume its activities in the future, when people's memory of the crimes fade," she said.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0XPQ/is_2000_Jan_24/ai_59133537 (805 words)

	SGI's French Connection
		A strange thing happened at Fumihiro Joyu's first press conference at the Foreign correspondents' Club of Japan.
		What Joyu claimed -- and what was recorded on videotape by major networks -- is that Aum's "self-defense" squads, which have been accused of various kidnappings and murders, were trained and organized by former members of the Soka Gakkai using methods developed by SG's own security forces.
		Joyu identified 27 Aum self-defense personnel as former Soka Gakkai members, and charged that many of these individuals mysteriously disappeared after the Sakamoto and Kariya kidnappings and before the subway gassing.
	www.caic.org.au /eastern/soka/french.htm (1183 words)

	Joyu may regain 2nd-highest Aum rank (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Aum Supreme Truth cult is considering appointing its senior leader Fumihiro Joyu to the cult's second highest position of seitaishi (great teacher), a move that may eventually lead to his heading the group, sources said Friday.
		Following his release from prison in late 1999, the 38-year-old Joyu reportedly expressed his desire to reclaim the title of seitaishi, saying he deeply regretted the sins he had committed and would assume all responsibility for them.
		However, observers at the time were of the opinion that Joyu's move was intended to avoid the application of a law controlling the activities of dangerous organizations.
	www.rickross.com /reference/aum/aum267.html (434 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: Aum's Asahara still wields influence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Joyu admits that Asahara still wields influence over followers and stressed the need for Aleph to follow an independent path.
		Joyu, who was former Aum spokesman, officially assumed leadership of the group in January last year and has gradually strengthened his power within the cult since then.
		A senior official of the Pubic Security Investigation Agency said, "Joyu has no other choice but to stress that Aleph is independent of Asahara." This is because the cult group "will remain under the surveillance by public security authorities as long as the influence of Asahara remains in the group," he said.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /3164-.html (1005 words)

	∆‡ Aum: "New Aum, (Aleph) Leader / Japan" - posted: 03/28/02
		Fumihiro Joyu, the high-profile spokesperson for Aum Shinrikyo, now called Aleph, has been elected to lead the group.
		In December 1999, Joyu was released from prison after serving a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery.
		He was one of only a few senior Aum leaders not charged in connection with the 1999 nerve gas attack, which left 12 people dead and injured thousands.
	www.culticstudiesreview.org /csr_news/csr_newsgrp/aum_shinrikyo_2002_02_15.htm (499 words)

	Cult Accused in Attack Offers Money (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Joyu, who acknowledged Asahara's involvement in the gassing, defended Asahara's teachings.
		Joyu, who was never charged in the subway gassing, denied knowing about the attack in advance but said he had been overexuberant in defending the cult and denying its guilt.
		"I'd like to apologize for that," Joyu said, appearing before the cameras in a conservative suit instead of the loose robes that used to be the cult trademark.
	rickross.net /reference/aum/aum190.html (499 words)

	Aum Shinri-kyo Updates (CESNUR) - January 25, 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Aum founder Shoko Asahara and many other cultists are on trial or have been tried for a raft of heinous crimes, including the March 1995 sarin attack on the Tokyo subway system that killed 12 people and injured thousands, and another killer nerve gas attack the previous year.
		TOKYO - Fumihiro Joyu, a leading member of the AUM Shinrikyo cult, said Thursday he has moved to an apartment in Minami-Karasuyama in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward from another facility in Ota Ward.
		Joyu, 38, told reporters he plans to stay there longer following unsuccessful attempts to live to various areas of Tokyo, where he has been dogged by protests from residents.
	www.cesnur.org /2001/aum_jan02.htm (494 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo
		The agency also decided to file the petition on the grounds that high-ranking cult members, including Fumihiro Joyu, who were senior members at the time of the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, are still active.
		Fumihiro Joyu, one of the few Aum leaders at the time of the gassing who did not face serious charges, is now the cult's leader.
		Joyu is the effective leader of the cult as its guru, Shoko Asahara, remains in detention while standing trial on 17 counts of murder.
	hss.fullerton.edu /comparative/aum_shinrikyo_2002.htm (8624 words)

	Japan Passes Bill to Curtail Cult Activity
		Fumihiro Joyu, former cult spokesman who had practically represented the cult after the arrest of Asahara, is put under police custody on suspicion of perjury.
		The arrest of Joyu, the last remaining key cultist not in custody, deals a serious blow to Aum.
		Tomomasa Nakagawa, a former close aide to Asahara, admits to having produced the sarin used in the March subway gassing in the first court case directly dealing with the incident.
	www.ict.org.il /spotlight/det.cfm?id=348 (989 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo :: Joyu slams planned extension of AUM watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Joyu said that Aleph, as the cult is now calling itself, practiced a different type of religion to that which had been espoused by AUM.
		He added that an application by the Public Security Investigation Agency to continue surveillance of the cult for an additional three years once the current inspection period runs out in January created the wrong impressions.
		Joyu continued, apparently trying to alleviate fears that despite the cult's revised public image it is still strongly influenced by its founder, accused mass murderer Shoko Asahara.
	www.religionnewsblog.com /1469-.html (532 words)

	Aum Shinrikyo cult number two leader Joyu to become leader - religious cults and sects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Tokyo, 27 December: Fumihiro Joyu, a long-time spokesman for the Aum Shinrikyo cult and its de facto No 2 man, announced Thursday [27 December] he will take over the cult, responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway system and other crimes, at the end of January.
		Joyu, 39, told a news conference at an Aum facility in Tokyo's Setagawa Ward that current leader Tatsuko Muraoka, 51, will step down and become chairwoman.
		Joyu was released in late December 1999 from Hiroshima Prison after completing a three-year jail term for perjury and falsification of documents related to Aum's purchase of land in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /news1/an011228-01.html (425 words)

	The Aum Shinri Kyo Investigation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The court is expected to render a decision shortly.
		Aum is expected to be thrown into chaos as the last of it's leaders has been arrested.
		Joyu was indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit perjury and than immediately re-arrested on charges of falsifying documents in a 1990 land deal.
	www.t3y.com /Aum/004.html (1353 words)

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