On the rural islands off the coast of Japan, a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links ...

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in the 1960s during an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

The church—often dubbed the "Moonies" church after late South Korean founder Sun Myung Moon—"is the first religious group subject to a revocation order under Japan's civil code," the Guardian ...

Dissolution would remove the church's tax-exempt status while branding it a harmful entity The amount donated by Japanese members over the decades has been estimated by some at hundreds of ...

A court in Japan has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church, which came under scrutiny after the shock killing of former prime minister Shinzo Abe in 2022. The alleged ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister ...

Now a court order is expected to strip the group of legal recognition as early as this month, major Japanese media outlets reported. The dissolution would remove the church's tax-exempt status ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court Tuesday after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister ...