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

The Unification Church said Monday it had appealed a Japanese court's decision to strip the sect of official recognition, in ...

The Unification Church in Japan was ordered dissolved by a court after a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

The Unification Church is the first religious group in Japan to face a revocation order under civil law. Two other groups have lost their status previously but due to criminal cases – Aum Shinrikyo, ...

The court's dissolution order has wholly disregarded the truth, conscience, and freedom of religion, says the appeal ...

The controversial group decided in June 2009 to give its residual assets to Tenchi Seikyo, based in the Hokkaido city of ...

The group argued that the district court order was decided as a foregone conclusion and ignored law and the facts.

The Unification Church said Monday it filed an appeal with the Tokyo High Court against a lower court order for the ...

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

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

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 the ...

The group previously known as the Unification Church says it has appealed a Tokyo court decision that ordered it to disband as a religious corporation.