The Unification Church is known for its Blessings, or mass weddings, which continue to take place today among church members.Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images Japan's government is seeking the ...

A rather isolated community of large palatial buildings is nestled in a mountainous area of Gapyeong, Gyeonggi province, ...

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I’ve just returned from a conference on religious persecution. Held in the Mediterranean, the event covered the status of religious liberty in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). In general, the ...

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 ...

A Japanese court has ordered the dissolution of the controversial Unification Church linked to the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe. The church, formally called the Family ...

March 6 (UPI) --The Tokyo High Court, in its March 4 ruling, upheld a lower court decision dissolving the Unification Church of Japan, formally known as the Family Federation for World Peace and ...

TOKYO >> The assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has unearthed long-suspected, little-talked-of links between him and a religious group that started in South Korea but has ...

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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 ...