Japan's House of Representatives vote down a no-confidence motion against education minister Masahito Moriyama, who has drawn scrutiny over his links to the controversial Unification Church.
Education minister Masahito Moriyama, who also has religious affairs within his ministerial portfolio, admits to signing a document pledging support for issues championed by the Unification Church ahead of the October 2021 general election.
Japan's education minister, who is also responsible for religious issues, admits to allegations that he received a recommendation letter from an affiliated group of the controversial Unification Church for an election campaign.
Decades of cozy ties between the church and Japan’s ruling party, revealed in the investigation of Abe’s 2022 assassination, have triggered public outrage.
The Japanese government is considering pursuing a court order to disband the contentious Unification Church, which has been at the center of a political scandal since the killing of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022, a government source says.