Tokyo, Jan. 18 (Jiji Press)--Japanese culture minister Keiko Nagaoka on Wednesday exercised for the third time the government's right to demand reports from and put questions to the controversial religious group known as the Unification Church. The group is required…[Continue Reading...]
The phrase ‘Shukyo Nisei’, literally translating to ‘religion second generation’, featured in the annual list of the top 10 Japanese buzzwords for 2022, curated by Japanese publisher Jiyu Kokumin Sha. The phrase refers to children of parents who are devout…[Continue Reading...]
"Missionaries" from The Collegiate Association for the Research of Principles were seen handing out flyers to youths in Jerusalem inviting them to an event, according to a post on Facebook that attached the flyer. The Collegiate Association for the Research…[Continue Reading...]
Prosecutors indicted Tetsuya Yamagami on Friday in connection with the July 8 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe — a shooting that shocked the world and led to intense scrutiny over ties between religion and politics in Japan. Yamagami,…[Continue Reading...]
An organization affiliated with the Unification Church acquired vast expanses of land in southwest Japan's northern Kyushu region for a project to create an undersea tunnel connecting Japan and South Korea, the Mainichi Shimbun has found. The land spans at…[Continue Reading...]
In the days after Shinzo Abe was shot dead last summer while making an election campaign speech, commentators struggled to articulate a motive for a seemingly senseless attack on Japan’s former and longest-serving prime minister in a country admired for…[Continue Reading...]
NARA--Prosecutors have concluded the suspect in the slaying of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is mentally competent to bear criminal liability based on a months-long psychiatric evaluation and will indict him within days, investigative sources said. A formal charge of murder…[Continue Reading...]
Six months after the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, prosecutors are moving closer to indicting the man accused of the fatal shooting that brought to light links between politicians and the controversial Unification Church. Abe, 67, was…[Continue Reading...]
Six months after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed in broad daylight, an indictment looms for the man suspected of being behind the attack. On July 8, Tetsuya Yamagami allegedly approached Abe from behind during a stump…[Continue Reading...]
Four ministers have been sacked by Fumio Kishida in the past two months amid the Unification Church scandal that emerged following Shinzo Abe’s assassination. The controversial religious group's deep political ties with the ruling party have caused public outrage and…[Continue Reading...]
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