The Japanese government voted to dissolve the country's branch of the Unification Church in October, signaling a major setback for the controversial religious movement that has faced accusations of ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church’s Japanese branch announced plans Tuesday to set aside a fund up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to cover possible compensation for those seeking damages they say ...

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 ...

The dissolution order against the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, formerly known as the Unification Church ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Supreme Court on June 22 upheld a lower court dissolution order against the Unification Church. While ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former ...

Since the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, public shock has morphed into outrage, as the deeply embedded ties between the controversial Unification Church and Japan’s ruling Liberal ...

TOKYO (AP) — The Unification Church's Japanese branch announced plans Tuesday to set aside a fund up to 10 billion yen ($67 million) to cover possible compensation for those seeking damages they say ...

SEOUL — Japan's government has asked a court to revoke the legal status of the Japanese branch of the Unification Church. It's a rare move by a government whose ruling party has long had ties with ...

Christians pray for victims during a mass to mark the anniversary of the atomic bombing at the Urakami Cathedral in Nagasaki, western Japan, on August 9, 2017 (Photo by JIJI PRESS/ AFP) Men preparing ...