As Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the sarin gas attack by apocalyptic sect Aum Shinrikyo on Thursday in Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, a doctor dealing with the crisis spoke of the crucial importance of passing on knowledge and experience to future generations.
On June 27, 1994, the gas attack in a residential area in Matsumoto claimed eight lives and injured more than 140. Hiroshi Okudera, 68, who treated victims at the city’s Shinshu University Hospital, has taken 30 years to learn the lessons of the tragic incident. are not forgotten.
Okudera, who now works at the Central Japan International Medical Center in Minokamo, Gifu Prefecture, vividly remembers the moment he heard about the attack. Firefighters knocked on his door and warned him about the disaster that was happening near his home.
