A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court issued ...

The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into ...

The head of the Unification Church's Japan branch vowed to fight a court order revoking its legal protections, following a ...

A court in Tokyo has ordered the once-powerful Unification Church in Japan to be dissolved. The case against the religious ...

The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups ...

The assassination in 2022 of Shinzo Abe, the country’s former prime minister, led to an investigation into the group’s ...

A Japanese court has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church over its connection to the death of ...

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" ...

A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church following a government request based on manipulative ...

The church, which officially calls itself the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, is the first religious group subject to a revocation order based on violations of Japan's civil code.

The Tokyo District court’s ruling would end the Unification Church’s tax-exempt status in Japan and force it to liquidate its assets. The church said it is considering an immediate appeal to ...

SEOUL, South Korea — 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 ...