Editing Aum Shinrikyo (section)

===Split===
On 8 March 2007, [[Fumihiro Joyu]], former Aum Shinrikyo spokesman and head of Aum's [[Moscow]] operation, formally announced a long-expected split.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.religionnewsblog.com/17668/joyu-fumihori-group-leaves-aum-shinrikyo|title=Joyu Group Leaves AUM to Form New Organization|publisher=Religionnewsblog.com|date=8 March 2007|access-date=2 January 2012}}</ref> Joyu's group, called ''[[Hikari no Wa]]'' ("The Circle of Light"), claims to be committed to uniting science and religion and creating "the new science of the human mind", having previously aimed to move the group away from its criminal history and toward its spiritual roots.<ref name=cfr.org>{{cite news|last1=Fletcher|first1=Holly|title=CFR Backgrounder: Aum Shinrikyo |url=https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/aum-shinrikyo|work=Council on Foreign Relations|date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

In April 2011, the Public Security Intelligence Agency stated that Aum had about 1,500 members.<ref>{{cite news| work=[[Metropolis (free magazine)|Metropolis]]|title=The Small Print: See Ya!|number=893|date=6–19 May 2011|page=4}}</ref> In July 2011, the cult reported its membership as 1,030. The group was reportedly active in trying to recruit new members via social media and proselytizing on college campuses.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=[[Jiji Press]]|title=Aum cult tops 1,000 followers|work=[[Japan Times]]|date=19 November 2011|page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Hongo|first=Jun|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111121x2.html|title=Aum may be gone in name but guru still has following|work=Japan Times|date=22 November 2011|page=2}}</ref>

Japan's Public Security Examination Commission announced in January 2015 that Aum Shinrikyo's two spinoffs would remain under surveillance for three more years starting 1 February 2015.<ref name=jiji>{{cite news|last1=Kyodo|first1=Jiji|title=Surveillance of Aum successor cults extended three more years|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/24/national/crime-legal/aum-successor-groups-remain-surveillance-three-years|work=Japan Times|date=24 January 2015}}</ref>