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

The Unification Church was founded by Sun Myung Moon in Seoul in 1954, the year after the ceasefire that ended hostilities in the Korean War. It started its propagation efforts in Japan four years ...

The Unification Church said it demanded a “fair judgment” at the Tokyo District Court, where the first hearing was held on the government’s request for an order to dissolve the religious ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

On July 8, 2022, in Nara, Japan, Shinzo Abe was shot twice with a homemade shotgun by Tetsuya Yamagami. Despite Abe’s towering status in Japanese politics — a former prime minister, and Japan’s ...

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 ...

The famous phrase 'Winter is coming,' from HBO's long-running fantasy series 'Game of Thrones,' has become an iconic warning, ...

The Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria will kick off its four-day Annual General Conference tomorrow at the Love of Christ Generation Church, C&S in Lagos. At a press conference ...