Word: tomoko
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...Tomoko Saifo explained the event helped him become better-acquainted with American culture...
...expected to be indicted this week for murder and attempted murder. Police are also preparing to charge the guru on suspicion of ordering the first sarin-gas attack in June last year in Matsumoto, in central Japan, which killed seven and injured more than 200. Meanwhile, his wife Tomoko Matsumoto, 36, is in the process of taking control of the group, which has yet to see major defections. Fear may be a factor: reports say Aum members under arrest have confessed that a cement-grinding machine found at the cult's main commune was used to pulverize the bones...
Following graduation, he set up shop as an acupuncturist-first in Kumamoto, then Tokyo and finally in a rented room in Funabashi. He married a college student, Tomoko Ishii, in 1978, then opened an apothecary specializing in traditional Chinese medicaments. A turning point in his life appears to have occurred in 1982, when he was arrested for selling fake cures. Authorities detained him for 20 days and fined him 200,000 yen--about $800 at that time. The business went bankrupt, and Asahara was reputedly shattered by the incident. Out of shame at what neighbors thought, for some time afterward...
Berklee School of Music. Performance by violinist Tomoko Iwamoto and her string quartet. Thursday, Oct. 22, 8:15 p.m. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave., Boston. $4; $1 for seniors. Call 266-1400 for more information...