The Unification Church and Rod of Iron Ministries are two organizations that have been described as cults. While they share a common link, the Moon family, the churches are rather different in their beliefs. Here are some key facts on…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
Tokyo, Feb. 22 (Jiji Press)--A group of 50 former Unification Church followers on Wednesday asked for talks with the controversial religious group to have it pay back some 1,610 million yen to them, including some 140 million yen in damages.…[Continue Reading...]
Japan’s Cultural Affairs Agency said Tuesday it has received answers to a third set of questions it sent to the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church. The agency will consider whether to seek a court order for the…[Continue Reading...]
Following his indictment, pretrial proceedings against the shooter of Shinzo Abe are expected to throw up difficult issues, with his defense likely to attempt to offset shock over the first murder of a postwar Japanese leader by presenting him as…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- A Mainichi Shimbun team covering the controversial Unification Church and its efforts to connect with the Japanese political circle based on 615-volume records of remarks by the group's founder Sun Myung Moon has won the journalism grand prize…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
A Japanese ruling party lawmaker has admitted that he attended a meeting held by the religious group widely known as the Unification Church during an election campaign last year, but did not report it to the party. Tsuruho Yosuke, a…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
The man who assassinated former Abe Shinzo in July 2022 was motivated by the belief that the former prime minister was linked to a religious group known as the Unification Church. It was subsequently revealed that in fact many Diet…[Continue Reading...]
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