The church sits on a side street just a few minutes’ walk from Tokyo’s bustling Shibuya district, home to one of the world’s ...

New religious movements generally garner equal parts attention and skepticism; this is especially true for new and ...

We wonder if the prime minister realizes it will be essential for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party to scrutinize its long-standing relationship with the Unification Church and sincerely ...

The DC Court of Appeals will hear a case that has potential nationwide influence on the legal doctrine of “ecclesial ...

Twenty-four of the 54 state ministers and parliamentary vice ministers in Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet had ties to the religious group Unification Church, according to an analysis by ...

The Unification Church was born from the ruins of the Korean War (1950/1953) and was exported to several countries including the US where the movement was successful in seducing conservatives as ...

Japan would deal a massive blow to the universal principle of religious freedom, could deeply damage its relationship with ...

Japanese politicians say they're cutting ties with the controversial former Unification Church after its influence came to light with the July murder of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

Japan's education and culture ministry has asked the Tokyo District Court to issue an order to dissolve the religious group formerly known as the Unification Church. NHK spoke with one former ...

Japan's government has asked a court to dissolve the country's branch of the Unification Church in the continuing fall-out from the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe last year.

The July 2022 shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzō by a man who accused the Unification Church of extorting millions of yen from his mother shocked the nation and thrust the organization ...