A Japanese court has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church over its connection to the death of ...

The Unification Church has had close ties to world politics for decades, but a court ruling in Japan could be the end of the ...

The move to strip the church of its tax exempt status comes after an investigation into the 2022 assassination of former ...

This strips the group of its tax-free status as a religious corporation, but does not stop it from operating in Japan. Read ...

A Tokyo court ordered the dissolution of a religious group whose fundraising methods and ties with ruling party politicians ...

A Japanese court ordered on Tuesday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the ...

A Japanese court has ordered the Unification Church to be stripped of official recognition. This means it will lose its tax ...

The church, often referred to as the "Moonies," defended these donations as part of legitimate religious practices. It plans ...

A Japanese court ordered on March 25 that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the ...

Yamagami, now in pretrial detention, could face the death penalty if convicted over Shinzo Abe’s killing. Their uncle has described receiving telephone calls for help from Yamagami when his mother ...

"Our claims were accepted,” Japan’s Minister of Education Toshiko Abe said in a statement. Tuesday’s dissolution order was the third in Japan since World War II. Aum Shinrikyo, the death ...