A religious group formerly known as the Unification Church has lodged an appeal with Japan's Supreme Court over a fine imposed by a lower court. The education and culture ministry requested a court order in October last year seeking the…[Continue Reading...]
Walking across the University of Minnesota campus one morning this past February, I was stopped and asked a series of jarring questions. What is the cause of human suffering? Where does evil come from? Does god exist? What is the purpose of life? …[Continue Reading...]
The Tokyo High Court has upheld a lower court decision to order a religious group widely known as the Unification Church to pay a fine for failing to properly respond to government inquiries. The education and culture ministry had exercised…[Continue Reading...]
Ina surprise announcement, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said a week ago he would step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) next month, bringing his premiership to an early end. Since coming to office in October…[Continue Reading...]
Japan's top court on Thursday overturned a lower court ruling that had absolved the Unification Church from returning donations to the family of a late former member, deeming that a document the woman signed preventing her from seeking refunds was…[Continue Reading...]
Two years after the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the city of Nara, the date for the first hearing of a trial of his alleged killer has not been set yet. Pretrial proceedings are still underway…[Continue Reading...]
The man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his lawyers he was surprised that measures against harmful religious practices had been implemented in the wake of the incident. Monday marked two years since Abe was killed…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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...]
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