The Education Ministry asked a Tokyo court to dissolve the church in October 2023, accusing it of trying to steer its ...
Under scrutiny since the murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, the Japanese branch of the Unification Church ...
The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a ...
The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups ...
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into ...
Two earlier case involved criminal charges — the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult ... Throughout his life, Moon worked to make his church into a worldwide religious movement and expand its business ...