The Economist10h
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
The disasters struck a Japan already reeling economically. After decades as a powerhouse, it suffered a terrific crash of ...
Head of Japan's Unification Church vows to fight loss of legal protections
The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a ...
A court orders the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan
A court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, upholding a government request for a revocation spurred ...
Japanese Court Disbands Unification Church in Wake of Abe Killing
The assassination in 2022 of Shinzo Abe, the country’s former prime minister, led to an investigation into the group’s ...
The Japan Times4d
Aum Shinrikyo successors continue to gain new young members
Successor group Aleph's recruitment tactics are characterized by the concealment of its name and the use of conspiracy ...
The Japan Times4dOpinion
Thirty years later, Aum Shinrikyo’s horrors are ever-present
Subsequent revelations about the cult proved even more alarming than the 1995 assault. It became clear that the authorities ...
Tokyo subway gassing survivors, victims’ families still seeking closure
Thirty years on from the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo’s subway network, survivors and families who lost loved ones ...
Nippon6d
Aum Shinrikyo Successors Continue to Gain New Young Members
Tokyo, March 21 (Jiji Press)--Three successor groups of the now-defunct Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult continue to attract new young members 30 years after the cult carried out a deadly sarin gas ...
Japan disbands controversial Unification Church after investigation into Shinzo Abe’s killing
The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups ...