1.   After producing waves of devastation and panic, the cult planned to take over Japan, then the world.

2.   Police said he apparently wanted to kill Joyu because he had read that the cult was planning to murder Emperor Akihito, according to Japanese newspapers.

3.   Press reports say the cult was planning guerrilla attacks on major cities to create the apocalypse that cult guru Shoko Asahara has predicted.

4.   Earlier reports said the cult planned guerrilla attacks on major Japanese cities.

5.   Reports based on confessions say the cult had planned to attack politicians, religious leaders and even the imperial family.

6.   Police would not comment on the report, which did not say where or how the cult may have planned to use the gas in the United States.

7.   The Justice Department Saturday denied a published report that a Japanese cult was planning to release a deadly nerve gas at Disneyland during the crowded Easter weekend.

8.   They said the cult was planning guerrilla attacks on major cities to create the apocalypse that the cult leader has predicted.

9.   Inoue also told the court that the cult had planned to attack Emperor Akihito with Sarin.

10.   The report said Murayama will explain that the cult was apparently planning a large-scale sarin attack on Tokyo.