Victims who suffered from having given large donations to the Unification Church expressed joy Tuesday over the Tokyo District Court's decision the same day to revoke its religious corporation status. A woman in her 30s whose father is still a…[Continue Reading...]
The son of a victim in an abduction case involving the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult wants perpetrators to continue feeling remorse 30 years on. "There are two kinds of atonement," said Minoru Kariya, 65, whose father, Kiyoshi, then 68, was…[Continue Reading...]
Three decades since Shizue Takahashi's husband and a dozen others were killed with a nerve agent on Tokyo's subway, she fears Japan could see a repeat of the doomsday cult attack. Takahashi, whose husband worked for the metro system, told…[Continue Reading...]
Only seven years into her marriage did Yuki Niimi first touch her husband -- at a morgue where she collected his body after he was executed and kissed him in a coffin. Before that a glass screen had always separated…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO -- About 60% of victims in the March 1995 sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system had the persisting condition of their "eyes getting tired easily" as of 2023, according to a nonprofit group's survey. It is…[Continue Reading...]
Tokyo, Jan. 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government said Friday that it will employ the help of former believers and children of believers of Unification Church to enhance consultation for victims of malpractices involving the controversial religious group. Specifically, former Unification…[Continue Reading...]
The Diet passed a law to keep tabs on the Unification Church’s assets, but victims of the religious organization’s financial abuse criticized the new legislation, saying it fails to block property transfers. Under the law enacted on Dec. 13, the…[Continue Reading...]
The Unification Church plans to propose a system in which it entrusts up to ¥10 billion to the government to compensate former followers for the damage they claim to have suffered, sources close to the controversial religious group said Monday.…[Continue Reading...]
TOKYO: Japan's controversial religious sect Unification Church is approaching the government for an arrangement to entrust up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to aid victims affected by the group's practices, local media reported on Monday. Citing sources within the…[Continue Reading...]
More than 100 claimants have come forward as part of a Jesus Army compensation scheme in just one year. In September 2022, a long-awaited compensation scheme was launched by Lime Solicitors for survivors of abuse within the now-defunct religious sect…[Continue Reading...]
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