TSU -- The roof of a Western-style church near the Ise Jingu shinto shrine in Mie Prefecture is adorned with "onigawara" ...

The Family Federation for World Peace and Unification is the first religious group to face a revocation order under Japan’s civil code.

The church obtained legal status as a religious organization in Japan in 1968 amid an anti-communist movement supported by Abe’s grandfather, former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi.

TOKYO — A controversial South Korean church with powerful political connections faces dissolution in Japan after a Tokyo court ordered a revokation of its legal status after the government ...

A court in Tokyo has ordered the Unification church in Japan to disband, following a request by the country’s government. The church, which is formally known as the Family Federation for World ...

The Tokyo District Court ordered the dissolution of the Japanese branch of the Unification Church, colloquially known as “moonies,” following an inquest from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports ...

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 ...

Tokyo — 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 ...