11.   Aum Shinrikyo and its pink-robed, bearded leader, Shoko Asahara, have not been charged in the subway attack.

12.   Bizarre incidents like the subway poison gas attack in March also dampened consumer sentiment.

13.   A subway gas attack, which left more than a dozen people dead in March, also dampened consumption by making people nervous about going out shopping.

14.   After the subway attack, the group returned the computer to the manufacturer without the hard drive that held the software.

15.   After the subway attack, the government stripped the group of its status as a religious organization, and last year its assets were liquidated by the courts.

16.   But police apparently have not found any clear evidence linking Aum the cult to the subway attack.

17.   Coke blamed the Japanese economy, the weather and events including the subway gas attack and recent earthquake, which it said depressed all retail sales.

18.   Even now, the mainstream Japanese press dances around mentioning Aum as a suspect in the subway attack.

19.   Hayashi compared his role in the subway attack with the station employees who carried the lethal sarin package off the train to save passengers.

20.   He also listed the string of disasters like the Kobe earthquake and the deadly Tokyo subway gas attack that have rocked Japan since he became prime minister.