Monday marks two years since former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was fatally shot, while issues related to the Unification Church and the plight of “second-generation” members of religious groups that drew attention afterward remain unsolved. Many mourners visited a…[Continue Reading...]
Only 8 percent of "second-generation" members of religious groups such as the Unification Church in Japan feel the government's measures to protect them, which include banning maliciously solicited donations, are sufficient, a Kyodo News survey showed Saturday. Their plight has…[Continue Reading...]
Japan's Supreme Court has held a hearing in a lawsuit against the group previously known as the Unification Church. A woman who was a member of the group and her daughter sued the group, seeking the return of huge donations…[Continue Reading...]
TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- In late January, the Tendai Religious Office in Otsu received a petition for a disciplinary hearing sent by Eicho, and in March, the Tendai sect commenced an investigation and began questioning her. Speaking at a press conference…[Continue Reading...]
TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- But gradually realizing that what was happening to her was not right, Eicho took action. She called a women's hotline for advice in 2015. Then in May 2017, she saw a TV press conference held by Japanese…[Continue Reading...]
TAKAMATSU (Kyodo) -- A Japanese Buddhist nun has stepped forward to allege that she was brainwashed and sexually violated by the chief priest of a major sect's temple for over a decade, shocking the country's religious establishment. The news made…[Continue Reading...]
There were 47 child abuse cases apparently reflecting parents' religious beliefs in Japan between April 2022 and September 2023, a Children and Families Agency survey showed Friday. The suspected abuse cases were found by child consultation centers across the country,…[Continue Reading...]
It was 11.29 a.m. beneath pewter skies in Japan’s southern city of Nara when Shinzo Abe was handed the microphone. The nation’s former prime minister, wearing a navy blue jacket and crisp white shirt, stepped atop the small, red dias…[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo District Court this week imposed a fine of 100,000 yen ($661) on the Unification Church for not complying with part of an education ministry investigation under the Religious Corporation Law. The probe was based on the right to question…[Continue Reading...]
A trial court in Japan has imposed a fine on the Unification Church for failing to respond to some of the questions related to its controversial collection of hefty donations from its members. Tomihiro Tanaka, president of the Unification Church…[Continue Reading...]
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