The Economist5d
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
Two disasters in 1995 captured the spirit of the country’s lost decades ...
Head of Japan's Unification Church Vows to Fight Loss of Legal Protections
TOKYO (Reuters) - The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal ...
Sportskeeda6d
How to watch Aum: The Cult At The End Of The World? Digital release date, platforms, and more
The Cult at the End of the World analyzes the birth and death of Japan's Aum Shinrikyo apocalypse cult that conducted the fatal 1995 Tokyo subway sarin gas attack. It resulted in the deaths of 14 ...
Japanese court orders dissolution of 'Moonies’ church following Abe assassination investigation
A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, following a government request spurred by the ...
'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...
Court in Japan orders the dissolution of the Unification Church
The Japanese branch of the church had criticized the request as a serious threat to religious freedom and the human rights of ...
NDTV4d
'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
The high-profile executions of the guru Shoko Asahara and 12 former members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult took place in 2018. Aum Shinrikyo orchestrated the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo's ...
Accused of 'harming social well-being,' Moon sect in Japan loses its religious legal status
Under scrutiny since the murder of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, the Japanese branch of the Unification Church ...
UCA News4d
Japan's Unification Church leader hits out at dissolution order
The president of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly the Unification Church, has condemned a ...
Editorial: Japan court's Unification Church dissolution order harsh but necessary
The Tokyo District Court issued an order on March 25 to dissolve the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, ...
Jurist6d
Japan district court orders disbandment of controversial Unification Church
The Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Japanese branch of the Unification Church, colloquially known as 'moonies,' following an inquest from the Ministry of Education, Culture, ...