Shinzo Abe assassination - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 18 Oct 2023 23:42:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Shinzo Abe assassination - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Unification Church slams Japan's dissolution request as a threat to religious freedom https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/10/19/unification-church-slams-japans-dissolution-request-as-a-threat-to-religious-freedom/ Thu, 19 Oct 2023 04:55:09 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=165186 The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticised the Japanese government's request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it's based on groundless accusations and is a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers. Japan's Education Ministry on Friday asked the Tokyo District Court to revoke the Read more

Unification Church slams Japan's dissolution request as a threat to religious freedom... Read more]]> The Japanese branch of the Unification Church on Monday criticised the Japanese government's request for a court order to dissolve the group, saying it's based on groundless accusations and is a serious threat to religious freedom and human rights of its followers.

Japan's Education Ministry on Friday asked the Tokyo District Court to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after a ministry investigation concluded the group has systematically manipulated its followers into donating money, sowing fear and harming their families.

The investigation followed months of public outrage and questions about the group's fundraising and recruitment tactics after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's assassination last year. The man accused of shooting Abe allegedly was motivated by the former prime minister's links to the church and blamed it for bankrupting his family.

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Unification Church slams Japan's dissolution request as a threat to religious freedom]]> 165186 Japan seeks court order to dissolve Unification Church https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/09/07/japan-seeks-court-order-to-dissolve-unification-church/ Thu, 07 Sep 2023 05:51:23 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=163380 The Japanese government is moving ahead to seek a court order to dissolve the Unification Church more than a year after the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that brought the controversial Christian group under intense scrutiny. The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to dissolve the church as early as mid-October, the Read more

Japan seeks court order to dissolve Unification Church... Read more]]> The Japanese government is moving ahead to seek a court order to dissolve the Unification Church more than a year after the murder of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that brought the controversial Christian group under intense scrutiny.

The government of Prime Minister Fumio Kishida plans to dissolve the church as early as mid-October, the Asahi Shimbun reported on Sept 3.

This came after an investigation into the group's activities following Abe's assassination on July 8 last year by Tetsuya Yamagami, who allegedly targeted the former premier for his ties with the Church.

Government sources said there is also a plan to call on the Tokyo District Court to levy a fine against the group's representative director within days as the church, also known as the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification, failed to answer numerous questions related to the church's alleged shady business practices, the report stated.

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