The Unification Church designated 16 years ago a religious corporation in Hokkaido as the recipient of its assets in case it is disbanded. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/hokkaido-group-unification-church-assets/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #unificationchurch
The Unification Church has filed an appeal at the Tokyo High Court against a district court ruling stripping it of its religious corporation status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/07/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-appeals-dissolution-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #unificationchurch
(4) Japanese courts granted compensation to Iwao Hakamata, the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, for being wrongly convicted in 1966.
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(2) Tokyo’s government created a four-stage plan in case of a Mount Fuji eruption, each based on the amount of ash falling from the eruption.
(3) Japan, South Korea, and China had a big meeting to talk about peace and cooperation, but China doesn’t have a great track record on keeping promises
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Last week in Japan , March 25th , rundown:
(1) A Tokyo District Court ordered the Unification Church to disband as a religious corporation. The church will likely appeal the court’s decision.
Opposition parties have demanded the ruling Liberal Democratic Party reinvestigate its members' ties with the Unification Church, following a court order to strip the group of its religious corporation status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/politics/reinvestigation-urge-ties-moonies/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shinzoabeassassination #unificationchurch #mext #ldp #japanesecourts
Victims who suffered from having given large donations to the Unification Church have expressed joy over the Tokyo District Court's decision to revoke its religious corporation status. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/26/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-victims-reactions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #mext #unificationchurch
A Japanese court has ordered the disbandment of the controversial Unification Church. @BBCNews explains how the “Moonies” are connected to the 2022 assassination of former prime minister Shizo Abe.
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The Tokyo District Court has ordered the Unification Church, heavily criticized for its coercive tactics in soliciting donations, to be stripped of its religious corporation status that exempts it from taxes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/25/japan/crime-legal/unification-church-court-order/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #unificationchurch #shinzoabe #mext #taxes
Tokyo District Court expected to present its decision on the request to dissolve told the Unification Church in Japan on Tuesday, according to sources. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/23/japan/crime-legal/court-decision-unification-church/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #unificationchurch #japanesecourts #mext #shinzoabe
The Unification Church has come under intense scrutiny in Japan since a former prime minister was assassinated, but it could soon fall even further from grace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/15/japan/society/unification-church-dissolution/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #unificationchurch #shinzoabeassassination #shinzoabe
