US EditionTokyo Court Orders Legal Dissolution of Unification Church
- A Tokyo court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan after an investigation related to the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, following a government request.
- Japan's Education Ministry cited manipulative fundraising and recruitment tactics as reasons for the church's revocation of legal status, according to NHK television.
- The government submitted 5,000 documents and evidence to the court, based on over 170 interviews with people affected by the church's practices.
- The church described the court's decision as 'regrettable and unjust,' arguing it was based on 'a wrong legal interpretation.
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‘Moonies’ Church Expected To Appeal Tokyo Court Order To Dissolve
The court says the Federation of World Peace and Unification has inflicted ‘an unprecedentedly large amount of damage’ on Japanese donors, many of whom had offered virtually all their savings under pressure from radical adherents.
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GloboJapanese court orders dissolution of Unification Church
A District Court in Tokyo ordered the Unification Church's operations in Japan to be dissolved on Tuesday in a move likely to ignite a major appeals battle and trigger condemnation from religious freedom advocates around the world.
Japan court orders ‘Moonies’ church be stripped of legal recognition
TOKYO, March 26 — A Japanese court ordered yesterday that a religious sect be stripped of official recognition, the government said, in the wake of the assassination of ex-premier Shinzo Abe. A government spokesman told AFP that the Tokyo District Court “issued the dissolution order” for the Japanese chapter of the Unification Church, founded in South Korea and nicknamed the “Moonies” after its late founder, Sun Myung Moon. The Church is accused…
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