The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification is the first religious group to face a revocation order under Japan’s ...

A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, following a government request spurred by the ...

The church said it is considering an immediate appeal to the country ... That changed in 2022, when former Prime Minister ...

The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups ...

The man accused of killing former PM Shinzo Abe resented the South Korea-based sect, which had decades of cosy ties to ...

The church said it is considering an immediate appeal ... That changed in 2022, when former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated. The man accused of shooting Abe allegedly was motivated ...

The controversial "Moonies" church that fell under scrutiny after the 2022 assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister ...

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

Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe floated the idea of Japan ... on how the world’s security is maintained as taboo,” Abe said. He said this when responding to a question from former ...

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

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