Overview
- The court dismissed the government's appeal and left in place the Tokyo District Court's 2024 order to hand over the bones and hair.
- The ruling acknowledged that Aum-linked groups remain dangerous and that any leak of the remains could threaten public safety, yet it accepted the daughter's pledge to keep them secured at home and out of followers' hands.
- The Supreme Court determined in 2021 that legal ownership of the remains belongs to the daughter.
- Officials had refused transfer on the grounds that the remains might reach Aum successor groups or followers and increase the risk of serious crimes.
- The remains are currently held by the state, and the judgment requires their transfer to the daughter.