The man sentenced to life in prison for killing former Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo told NHK that the attack would not have happened without the influence of the religious group widely known as the Unification Church. Yamagami Tetsuya made…[Continue Reading...]
A survey shows that about 26 percent of survivors of the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack nearly 31 years ago are still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD. The attack by the Aum Shinrikyo cult on Tokyo's subway system…[Continue Reading...]
Aum Shinrikyo is back in focus after an Aleph investigation tied to a March 8 apartment search in Japan. Reports say police found tens of millions of yen in cash at a residence shared by Shoko Asahara’s widow and son,…[Continue Reading...]
A notice posted March 9 at the entrance of the headquarters of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward reads, “Entry to this facility without the permission of the liquidator is prohibited.” (Yuki Hanano) Liquidators…[Continue Reading...]
A former Cabinet minister has admitted to lobbying in support of the Unification Church’s controversial 2015 name change, telling The Asahi Shimbun he acted because the group had provided him with crucial election support. Yoshiaki Harada, 81, a former environment…[Continue Reading...]
On March 4, the Tokyo High Court ordered the dissolution of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church) under the Religious Corporations Act, following a request by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a decision to dissolve the Unification Church, a controversial religious organisation linked with the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe. Tetsuya Yamagami, the convicted murderer who was sentenced to life in prison,…[Continue Reading...]
A Japanese court upheld an order to dissolve the Unification Church over its controversial fundraising practices, clearing the way for liquidation proceedings against the religious group years after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe brought its activities…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO - A Japanese high court on Wednesday upheld a dissolution order for the Unification Church in line with the central government's request, with liquidation procedures beginning immediately. Presiding Judge Motoko Miki of the Tokyo High Court said the decision…[Continue Reading...]
Representatives of the Unification Church, the controversial South Korea-founded religious group that became a political flashpoint in Japan after the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe, are set to return to court on Wednesday as judges consider whether…[Continue Reading...]
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