widely known as the "Moonies", following years of controversy and public backlash. The ruling comes nearly two years after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, whose killer cited ...

A Japanese court ordered the dissolution of the Unification Church in Japan, following a government request spurred by the investigation into the 2022 assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ...

It was only after the assassination in July 2022 of a prime minister ... when it claimed its largest mass following in the 1970s and 1980s. No longer are young “Moonies” raising funds by selling ...

They’ve been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town ...

They've been called a cult, accused of coercive fundraising, and legally disbanded in Japan. But in a mountainous town ...

The church was linked in the assassination of former premier Shinzo Abe ... The church, which was founded in South Korea and is nicknamed the "Moonies" after its late founder Sun Myung Moon, is ...