A major South Korean newspaper has reported that the religious group previously known as the Unification Church helped at least 290 candidates fielded by Japan's governing Liberal Democratic Party during the Lower House election in October 2021. Hankyoreh said it…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court has ordered a religious group widely known as the Unification Church to pay damages in a case involving a former follower who made large donations to the group. The court ruled that the group's solicitation of…[Continue Reading...]
It teaches you how people can buy into a total con hook, line and sinker, not only despite its transparent fraudulence but seemingly because of it. It teaches you how otherwise sensible people can go off the deep end to…[Continue Reading...]
A man standing trial for the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022 said he was motivated by “despair and a sense of crisis” over a video message Abe sent the year before to a controversial religious…[Continue Reading...]
The "Family Federation Victims' Legal Team," which has been supporting individuals harmed by large donations and other practices of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (formerly the Unification Church, hereinafter referred to as the "Family Federation") in Japan,…[Continue Reading...]
The mother of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man charged with murdering former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, apologized during his trial and said that she still follows the Unification Church at the Nara District Court on Thursday. “I sincerely apologize…[Continue Reading...]
Court hearings are expected to end in November over an order to dissolve the Unification Church, which allegedly inspired the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe three years ago. The Tokyo High Court is examining an appeal against…[Continue Reading...]
The gunman accused of killing former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe yesterday pleaded guilty, three years after the assassination in broad daylight shocked the world. The slaying forced a reckoning in a nation with little experience of gun violence, and…[Continue Reading...]
The tragedy of a former prime minister being shot with a homemade gun while giving a campaign speech was the catalyst to focus on issues that led up to the slaying. These include the relationship between politicians and a religious…[Continue Reading...]
The trial of a man indicted for killing former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, allegedly due to a grudge against the Unification Church, will begin next week, three years after the shooting shed light on the church’s links to politicians. Tetsuya…[Continue Reading...]
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