COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SECURITY INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REGARDING THE DECISION TO TAKE MEASURES TO PREVENT RECURRENCE UNDER THE ACT ON THE REGULATION OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HAVE COMMITTED INDISCRIMINATE MASS MURDER

TOKYO, March 10 -- Public Security Intelligence Agency issued the following press release:

The Commissioner-General of the Public Security Intelligence Agency, having requested that a recurrence prevention measure be taken against an organization using the name "Aleph Association without Legal Personality," which is identical to the so-called Aum Shinrikyo, based on the provisions of the Law Concerning the Regulation of Organizations that Have Committed Indiscriminate Mass Murder, received a written decision from the Public Security Examination Commission today to take such measures. We understand that the Public Security Examination Commission has

decided on the fifth recurrence prevention measure as a result of a strict and careful exam...