Shizue Takahashi, the wife of a subway worker killed in the March 20, 1995 sarin gas attack, prays as she lays flowers on the stand set up at Kasumigaseki subway station in Tokyo Friday, March 20, 2020. Tokyo subway officials marked a moment of silence in memory of victims of the deadly sarin gas attack 25 years ago that killed 13 people. (Kyodo News via AP)
March 20, 2020
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March 20, 2020 9:28 a.m.
Tokyo marks 25th anniversary of subway nerve gas attack
TOKYO (AP) — Relatives of victims prayed silently on Friday to observe the 25th anniversary of a nerve gas attack on Tokyo's subways that killed 13 people, but a larger commemoration was canceled because of the country's coronavirus outbreak.