TOKYO -- Garbage piled up in his family's home. He had to miss long stretches of school to take part in "study sessions." These were just two aspects of being a "blessed second-generation" member of the Unification Church (now the…[Continue Reading...]
The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a Japanese ministry's request for an order to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church. Question: What leads up to a…[Continue Reading...]
A document describing the details of a report submitted by Tsuneo Kitamura, a Liberal Democratic Party candidate in the proportional representation part of the 2013 Upper House election, to the party's Election Strategy Headquarters at the party’s headquarters. It lists…[Continue Reading...]
Suspected organizational ties between the ruling Liberal Democratic Party and the Unification Church continue to haunt the party ahead of its Sept. 27 presidential election. On Tuesday, the Asahi Shimbun daily published a photo purporting to show a meeting between…[Continue Reading...]
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...]
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