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 ...
Wrongful convictions: Japan's death penalty under scrutiny after Iwao Hakamada's acquittal
Stakes for wrongful convictions are high in Japan, where the death penalty has broad public support despite international ...
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
The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a ...
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, ...
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 ...
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)7d
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 ...
30 years after deadly Tokyo subway gassing, survivors and victims’ families still seeking closure
Survivors and victims' families are seeking justice thirty years after the fatal sarin nerve gas attack in Tokyo's subway ...
The World from PRX on MSN13d
30 years since Japan’s worst domestic terrorist attack, the cult group behind it is still a problem, officials say
The worst terrorist attack in Japan's modern history happened 30 years ago, on March 20, 1995, during the morning rush hour ...