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An Unholy Alliance: How the Unification Church Penetrated Japan’s Ruling Liberal Democratic Party

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The assassination of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō by a second-generation member of the Unification Church claiming that his mother’s donations to the organization destroyed his family has focused attention on the UC’s deep ties with the ruling Liberal Democratic…[Continue Reading...]

Colby Cosh: Shinzo Abe’s assassination spotlights predatory religious sect’s ties to Japanese government

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There must be other readers, I think, who have been keeping one eye on the aftermath of the July 8 assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, shot dead on a street while campaigning for his Liberal Democratic Party…[Continue Reading...]

300 Unification Church households helped elect Japan ex-minister Nakasone: Moon sermon

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Sun Myung Moon, the late founder of the Unification Church, said in a sermon in 2005 that hundreds of households of the religious group's members helped elect former Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone, the Mainichi Shimbun has learned. "More than…[Continue Reading...]

Church settled 46 money battles since compliance order in 2009

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The Unification Church has settled money disputes with at least 46 former followers before the cases were taken to court, according to a group of lawyers. These cases show that problems with the church’s aggressive donation-collecting practices and “spiritual sales” have…[Continue Reading...]

Japan’s welfare ministry issues Unification Church warning over adoptions

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The welfare ministry on Monday issued administrative guidance to the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church over adoptions that are said to have taken place among its followers. In the guidance, the ministry emphasized that adoption is meant…[Continue Reading...]

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