Kalmar "Aum Shinrikyo" tana nufin ƙungiyar al'adun Japan da aka kafa a 1984 ta Shoko Asahara. Sunan "Aum" ya fito ne daga kalmar Sanskrit da ake amfani da ita a Hindu da Buddha don wakiltar sararin samaniya, yayin da "Shinrikyo" yana nufin "gaskiya mafi girma." Kungiyar ta yi kaurin suna ne bayan ta kai wani mummunan hari da aka kai kan tashar jirgin karkashin kasa ta Tokyo a shekarar 1995, inda ta kashe mutane 13 tare da jikkata dubbai. Daga baya an kama shugabannin kungiyar kuma an yankewa mambobin kungiyar da dama hukuncin kisa ko kuma daurin rai da rai bisa samunsu da hannu a laifuka daban-daban ciki har da harin jirgin karkashin kasa.