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 ...
Jurist1d
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, ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)2d
Court in Japan orders dissolution of Unification Church
The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into ...
Business Times2d
Japan Court Orders Unification Church Dissolution Following Government Petition and Abe Assassination Probe
A Japanese court on Tuesday ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church's legal status, siding with a government ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tokyo court orders Unification Church dissolution after Shinzo Abe's assassination
The Unification Church has faced hundreds of lawsuits in Japan from families who say that it manipulated members into ...