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Japan Seeks to Dissolve Moon Church After Pleas of Shinzo Abe Assassination Suspect
Headline from Wall Street Journal, on the newest of 2 developments
The government says the former Unification Church caused “immense suffering,” echoing the accused killer’s complaints.
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Japan moves to strip Unification Church of government recognition
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Japan Seeks to Dissolve Moon Church After Pleas of Shinzo Abe Assassination Suspect
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government said Thursday it would ask a court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s assassination raised questions…
TOKYO >> Japan’s government is convening a religious affairs council on Thursday to ask experts to decide whether to seek a court order to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church. The church’s fundraising tactics and cozy ties with the governing party have triggered public outrage.
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 man accused of assassinating the former prime minister, who had links to the church, allegedly blamed it for bankrupting his family, raising questions about its fundraising tactics.
Japan's government has asked a court to remove the legal standing and tax breaks of the Unification Church, which was tied to the shocking assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year.
Members of the controversial group are sometimes known as the Moonies. The unusual move by the Japanese government was set in motion by the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in 2022.
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