The Tokyo District Court holds the first hearing on the government's request to issue an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church over its aggressive donation solicitation practices.
The Tokyo District Court holds the first hearing on the government's request to issue an order to dissolve the controversial Unification Church over its aggressive donation solicitation practices.
A political funds scandal involving members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party has been picked as the top domestic news story of 2023 by senior editors of Kyodo News and its member or subscriber newspapers and broadcasters.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida had a meeting with leaders of organizations affiliated with the controversial Unification Church in 2019 in Tokyo, a photo obtained by Kyodo News shows.
Japan's House of Representatives passes a bill to prevent the outflow of the Unification Church's assets as concerns grew that the controversial religious group would try to hide its funds overseas as it faces compensation demands.