30 years after subway sarin attack, Japan faces lone wolves aided by AI

New technology helps individuals plan and carry out attacks

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Japanese police officers and firefighters participate in a chemical attack drill in Tokyo in February. © Kyodo

REO NAITO

TOKYO -- Three decades since the deadly sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway by the Aum Shinrikyo cult, Japan is contending with starkly different threats from lone-wolf attackers who turn to artificial intelligence and other online tools for help.

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