Japan's culture ministry says it will convene its advisory panel on religious corporations on Thursday to make a formal decision on whether to seek a court order to disband a religious group formerly known as the Unification Church. Ministry officials…[Continue Reading...]
The religious group known as the Unification Church said Friday that it has sent a statement to the Tokyo District Court asking it not to impose a fine for the group's refusal to answer questions by the Cultural Affairs Agency.…[Continue Reading...]
Claims of donation fraud totaling more than ¥1.9 billion have been made since March 2009 against the Unification Church, according to group of lawyers working to address harm caused by the religious organization. The National Network of Lawyers Against Spiritual…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Japanese government plans to seek a court order to disband the Unification Church, a government source said on Saturday, a move that comes after a monthslong probe into the religious group over allegations of soliciting financially…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- The Unification Church has published a protest against Japanese public broadcaster NHK, demanding that it stop airing and apologize for a program dealing with the religious group's recruitment methods. NHK changed part of the program's title, which the…[Continue Reading...]
The central government has determined that the Unification Church religious group should be dissolved and plans to request the Tokyo District Court to issue such an order as early as October, sources said. This approach was reached after conducting an…[Continue Reading...]
Japan's Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has suggested his administration will make a final judgement on whether to seek a court order to disband a group widely known as the Unification Church as a religious corporation. The education and culture ministry…[Continue Reading...]
he Japanese government is moving ahead to seek a court order to dissolve the Unification Church more than a year after the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that brought the controversial Christian group under intense scrutiny. The government…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Sept. 6 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese education ministry has decided to impose a civil fine on the religious group known as the Unification Church for failing to answer questions submitted by the ministry, officials said Wednesday. The Religious Juridical Persons…[Continue Reading...]
A commission for Japan's Justice Ministry has decided to maintain strict controls over a group called Aleph, formerly known as the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, saying the group has failed to submit required reports on its activities. Aum members carried…[Continue Reading...]
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