he used in Suginami, Tokyo, and in the first trial of Katsuya Takahashi, he described in detail how the materials were stored by Inoue. Inoue denied this and claimed that Nakagawa had it in his possession. This discrepancy was explained by Nakagawa at the first trial of Naoko Kikuchi on May 14, 2014. Nakagawa testified at the first trial of Naoko Kikuchi on May 14, 2014, that "Inoue is trying to say the opposite of what he said because he had a confrontation with me in a previous trial" and that "what Inoue is saying is not true." This discrepancy between the claims of Inoue and other officials is not only between him and Nakagawa. Inoue, who claims that his own position in the important case was only that of an assistant, and Tomomitsu Niimi, who was the one who took the initiative in the case. In addition, he and Yasuo Koike have been in direct conflict over who was appointed as the driver in the sarin gas attack. Execution Until March 14, 2018, all 13 death row inmates in the Aum Shinrikyo case, including Inoue, were incarcerated at the Tokyo Detention House. However, in January 2018, the criminal trial of the Aum Affair was concluded with the confirmation of Katsuya Takahashi's life imprisonment, and on March 14 of the same year, seven of the 12 death row inmates, excluding Shoko Asahara, were transferred to five other correctional facilities with execution chambers. Inoue and Tomomitsu Niimi were transferred to the Osaka Detention House on March 14, 2018. On March 15, 2018, the day after the transfer, he filed a request for a retrial with the Tokyo High Court, saying, "I want to make it clear that the facts are different, not to avoid the death penalty." According to some reports, Inoue was behaving politely even when the execution was approaching, but on the other hand, he was sweating abnormally and was incontinent every night, and was emotionally unstable because he was scared of the execution. He was executed at Osaka Detention House at the age of 48, on the morning of July 6, 2018. His body was cremated two days later after being taken in by his parents. A false rumor was circulated that Inoue did not expect the death penalty, based only on his last words, "I never thought it would come to this." Inoue's funeral was held at